In Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, United States, an undercover human trafficking operation was held at around 9:00 a.m. on November 27, 2023. It was led by the agents with the special victims unit of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
During the operation, which was named named Operation Blue Christmas, seven potential victims were found. Assistance was offered to them.
A total of six men were arrested. Here is the list:
- Christian Samuel Lampkin, 23, was charged with procuring prostitution.
- Dwight John Bails, 64, was charged with procuring prostitution.
- Jason Lakale Foulks, 50, was charged with procuring prostitution.
- Richard Ray Rorie, 55, was charged with procuring prostitution.
- Travis Glen McCraw, 47, was charged with procuring prostitution.
- Tyler Russell Dyer, 40, was charged with child exploitation and felony possession of meth.
When the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation conducted the operation, it worked with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the Mississippi State Department of Health, the Lee County District Attorney’s Office, the Tupelo Police Department, the Center for Violence Prevention, the Office Against Interpersonal Violence and One Breath Street Ministries. Also involved was the Center for Human Trafficking Research and Training of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Hattiesburg is around 230 miles away from Tupelo, which is the county seat of Lee County. Born in Tupelo, Elvis Presley died in Memphis, Tennessee, USA on August 16, 1977 at age 42.
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