On June 3, 2020, the Homewood Police Department received information that two female juveniles, ages 15 and 16 from California, were possible victims of human trafficking.  Homewood Police Officers responded to a hotel in the Oxmoor Road area and located the two victims and took them  to the Homewood Police Department where they were referred to a local victim advocacy agency for assistance.   Homewood Police Detectives, with the assistance of the FBI, were able to determine the victims had been trafficked from Memphis, TN to Atlanta, GA, and then to Homewood.  Detectives were able to identify and take a suspect into custody.   On June 12, 2020 Detectives obtained a warrant through the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office for Human Trafficking 1st Degree on Marlette Lychelle Smith, age 26, from Rome, GA. Smith was transferred to the Jefferson County Jail where she was held on a $1,000,000 dollar bond. 

Alert sent on 06/16/2020 at 11:36AM EDT

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