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Two-time Democratic Georgia House candidate arrested in connection with human trafficking sting
https://justthenews.com ^ | April 30, 2025 | Steven Richards

Posted on 05/01/2025 5:04:40 PM PDT by Beowulf9

Sprayberry and 18 other suspects were arrested by the Muscogee Sheriff in connection with the operation and charged with various crimes ranging from human trafficking to child pornography crimes.

A two-time Democratic candidate for the Georgia State House was arrested in connection with a sting operation targeting sexual predators and charged with human trafficking, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: congress; democrat; georgia; humantrafficking
Carl Sprayberry, a 32-year-old from Columbus, Georgia, previously ran for separate Georgia House seats currently held by Republicans, District 134 in 2020 and District 139 in 2024. He lost both races.

The goal of the operation, dubbed “Operation Lights Out,” was to “identify persons who engage in sexually explicit communication with children on the Internet, arrange to engage in a sex act with the child, and then travel to meet the child for the purpose of having sex,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. The bureau worked in tandem with the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the Muscogee County Sheriff's Office on the operation.

Sprayberry and 18 other suspects were arrested by the Muscogee Sheriff in connection with the operation and charged with various crimes ranging from human trafficking to child pornography crimes. During the operation, undercover investigators posing as children engaged in “numerous exchanges with persons on various social media and Internet platforms.” In the 19 cases where law enforcement moved forward with the arrests, the suspects had attempted to meet in person the undercover investigator posing as a child.

“I want to make a plea with parents to closely monitor your children to ensure they are not communicating with these individuals,” said Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman. “These predators will travel from near and far to victimize your children. We take these crimes against children very seriously. It will be our focus to find these predators so they may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

According to his campaign website, Sprayberry is a Columbus, Georgia, native and has lived in the community his “entire life.” In 2020, he won the Democratic primary to run against Republican incumbent, the late State Representative Richard Smith, but subsequently lost the general election.

“He ran on wanting to expand Medicare in Georgia, expand renewable energy in the state, and providing economic relief to people and businesses during the height of the COVID pandemic,” the website reads.

Sprayberry unsuccessfully ran again in 2024 against State Representative Carmen Rice, a Republican.

1 posted on 05/01/2025 5:04:40 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

He’s also the same prick who threatened to kill trump so there’s that figures a commie who likes molesting kids what a shock NOT


2 posted on 05/01/2025 5:09:09 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Beowulf9

This guy is a former Georgia Democratic House candidate Carl Sprayberry, who publicly called for the assass!nation of President Trump has been arrested as part of a sweeping, multi-agency child sex trafficking operation.


3 posted on 05/01/2025 5:09:11 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9
Carl Sprayberry. Gaydar is off the charts.


4 posted on 05/01/2025 5:17:11 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Beowulf9

5 posted on 05/01/2025 5:20:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Beowulf9
person

Carl Sprayberry

Carl Sprayberry Georgia Democratic Party

Endorsements for Carl Sprayberry for Georgia House of Representatives District 139

6 posted on 05/01/2025 5:25:58 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Carl Gayberries. That looks like a jail photo.


7 posted on 05/01/2025 5:40:27 PM PDT by madison10 (God chose President Trump. Satan chose judges and Democrats.)
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To: Beowulf9

This is why the Dims love their open border. Kids, kids and more kids. Sick freaks.


8 posted on 05/01/2025 6:56:24 PM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

He looks like the evil twin of Frodo Baggins.


9 posted on 05/01/2025 7:08:21 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Yep. Agree w/you there.


10 posted on 05/01/2025 8:10:07 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Democrats have been into human trafficking since the 19th century.


11 posted on 05/01/2025 8:21:24 PM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Nothing but emptiness, pain and death reflected in that face.


12 posted on 05/01/2025 10:15:20 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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