Baker's Dozen Arrested in Smyrna Prostitution Operation

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Top Row (L-R): Asia Ballard, Essence Bowers, Kenyana Corry, Melissa Ferrell, Jordan Freeman, Krystal Glover
Middle Row (L-R): Ciera Hernandez, Dezarius Hill, Monique Long, Nadia McDonald, Nakayla Morman, Haley O’Kelley-Diaz
Bottom: Byron Wilson

Photos: Smyrna Police Department

Smyrna police assisted the FBI with a prostitution operation which netted 13 arrests on Wednesday, according to a department spokesman.

Officer Chris Graeff said that ten women were arrested and charged with prostitution and three others were arrested and charged with pimping during the operation, which was conducted at an undisclosed location inside city limits. Graeff said the location was not named so that further arrests of human trafficking suspects can be made there in the future.

Graeff said that the arrests were made as part of an FBI Metro Atlanta Child Exploitation (MATCH) Task Force operation against human trafficking and not a result of any complaints or suspicious activity reported in the area.

The suspects arrested are as follows:

Charged with Prostitution

• Monique Amor Long, 28
• Asia Ballard, 25
• Nadia Monique McDonald, 31
• Kenyana Meonte Corry, 20,
• Melissa Jean Ferrell, 30
• Essence Kashae Bowers, 24
• Ciera Hernandez, 32
• Nakayla Yvette Morman, 24
• Haley Alexis Okelley-Diaz, 21
• Krystal Sceneria Glover, 21

Charged with Pimping

• Jordan Freeman, 22
• Byron M. Wilson, 29
• Dezarius Zonshae Hill, 27

All 13 suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.