Two New York residents are being held on charges related to sex trafficking of minors after their arrest at a Milford hotel, authorities said.

Edward “Fire” Thomas, 39, and Kayla Walters, 22, had been indicted Feb. 24 by a grand jury in New Haven and were arrested Friday, federal authorities said in a press release. They are both charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. Also, Thomas was charged with two counts and Walters one count of sex trafficking of a minor.

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If convicted, they face a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison.

According to the federal indictment, between September 2012 and August 2013, Thomas and Walters conspired to recruit, harbor and transport a minor to engage in commercial sex acts. The indictment also accuses Thomas of recruiting, harboring and transporting a second minor to engage in commercial sex acts.

Officials did not name the hotel where Thomas and Walters were arrested. Other details of the case were not released.

Thomas and Walters appeared Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford and were ordered held.

According to a press release, Walters and Thomas were previously arrested together in October 2013 in a prostitution sting at the Stratford Conference Center and Hotel on Lordship Boulevard. Police said an undercover detective responded to an online posting offering sex with two women for $350. The Stratford detective posed as a customer, went to the room and was let in by one of the women from the online post, the release stated.

Police said Thomas was in the hotel room with Walters and another woman and claimed to be their “manager.” An infant was also found in the room, along with evidence of recent marijuana use, police said. Thomas was charged with risk of injury to a minor, promoting prostitution and possession of marijuana.

Walters was charged with prostitution, risk of injury to a minor and possession of marijuana.

Charges against both are pending, according to state court records.

The more recent case is being investigated by the FBI and Connecticut Child Exploitation Task Force, which is made up of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Stratford and Milford police have assisted in the investigation.

The task force is based in New Haven and investigates crimes against children occurring over the Internet and provides computer forensic review services for participating agencies. To report child exploitation crimes, federal authorities say to contact the FBI at 203-777-6311.

The Butte Law Enforcement Department is asking for the public’s help in locating reported missing person, Gregory L. Keller. Keller was last heard from on February 27th at approximately 1:30 p.m.

If you have any information or know the whereabouts of Mr. Keller please notify the Butte Silver Bow Law Enforcement Department at 497-1120. You may also call the Crime Stoppers line at 782-7336.

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Keller is a White, adult, male, 43 year of age, 5’10”, 250 lbs. Brown hair and blue eyes.

He is possibly driving a silver 2007 Chev Impala 4Dr Mt Lic. 1C28325. He could also be in his truck which is a Blue and White 1973 GMC license plate number 1C-10124.

Anyone with information about this missing person or any crime  can call the Crime Stoppers information line at 1-406-782-7336.  You may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward.

The Kentucky State Police have made another arrest in connection with the 2003 cold case murder in Nicholas County.

Police arrested 34-year-old Joshua Abney of Carlisle on Monday March 3.

He has been charged with complicity to commit murder in connection with the murder of David Sadler.

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Abney was taken into custody on Bald Hill Road without incident and is being housed at the Bourbon County Detention Center.

Police arrested Shawn Fryman on Feb. 26 and is charged with one count of murder.

Sadler was found dead inside his residence in Carlisle from a single gunshot wound to the head back on March 31, 2003.

Fryman is also still being held at the Bourbon County Dentention Center.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert on Sunday evening for a 2-year-old Madison County girl missing since Saturday from her Camden home.

Authorities say Myra Lewis was last seen by her mother at their home on Mount Pilgrim Road. Ericka Lewis said Myra and her sister were outside playing as she left to go shopping. Lewis said she told them to go inside.

“I saw her walk back into the house with her sister,” Lewis told WLBT-TV.

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Lewis left about 10:30 a.m. She said the child’s father was in the house when she left, as was a newborn.

None of the other children is missing.

The Amber Alert website says Myra is “believed to be in imminent danger.”

Myra is approximately 3 feet tall and weighs about 25 pounds. She was last seen wearing khaki pants, a turquoise sweater with a black bear on the front and pink shoes with glitter.

Authorities are asking anyone with information about the girl’s whereabouts to call 1-855-642-5378 or contact the Madison County Sheriff’s Department at (601) 859-2345.

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Piedmont Police are looking for a missing person and are using social media to find him.

On the department’s Facebook page, police posted a photo of Freddie Perry of Piedmont. According to police, Perry was scheduled to return from a trip to Tennessee Saturday evening. A family member last spoke to him at 11 p.m.

It is believed he was in the area of Priceville. He is driving a white 2006 Ford F-150 with the tag number 11B35T5.

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“The route that Mr. Perry should have taken to get back to Piedmont was one that he was familiar with,” the post stated. “We are concerned that he may have had some type of medical episode and became confused as to his whereabouts.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the department at (256) 447-9091(256) 447-9091.

An elementary school principal is among 14 people the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested in a sting operation targeting suspected child predators.

Dr. John McGill, principal of Mt. Carmel Elementary in Douglasville, is being held in the DeKalb County Jail.

The Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit (CEACC) and the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force took part in a four-day event called “Operation Broken Heart” centered in DeKalb County.

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According to the GBI, the arrestees, ranging in age from 21 to 64, traveled from all parts of Northern Georgia with the intent to meet a child for sex.

Here’s the response from the Douglas County School System:

Mt. Carmel Elementary School Principal Dr. John McGill has been suspended by the Douglas County School System pending a law enforcement investigation. The system is cooperating fully with law enforcement. Few details, confirmed by law enforcement, are available at this time; more information is expected as the process proceeds.

The GBI listed the others arrested:

Kahsi Butler, 31, of Conyers (musician)
Fred Gregory Chatham, 64, of Griffin (field tech)
Benjamin Hopson, 21, of Lithonia (grocery store employee)
John Benjamin Katz, 29, of Fairburn (drafter)
Cheney Li, 22, of Atlanta (software developer)
J. B. Owen, 58, of Canton (VP of ambulance service)
Marc Matthew Peterson, 38, of Acworth (culinary business manager)
Tiana Cousteau Reese, 38, of College Park
Tracy Antonio Solomon, 50, of Stockbridge (airport crew outfitter)
Choon Hong David Tan, 52, of Johns Creek (engineer)
Richard Roger Tumlin, 49, of Winder (load operator)
Kenneth Walker, 48, of Winder (sales)
Dane Andrew Wolfe, 34, of Snellville (driver)

Police visited a hotel room after more than $300 of room service was charged to a stolen credit card.

Officials said the same stolen card was used to pay for the room at the Double Tree Hotel, 555 W. Foothill Blvd.

Inside the room, officers on Saturday located Christian Gutierrez, a 36-year-old transient, along with blank credit cards, magnetic strips, a card printer, embosser and methamphetamine, police said in a news release Sunday.

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“Further investigation revealed that the subject was in possession of personal profiles of at least one hundred individuals including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and credit card numbers,” the statement distributed by Lt. Shelly Vander Veen said.

Gutierrez was arrested and was being held at the Claremont jail in lieu of $55,000 bail on suspicion of identity theft, possession of meth and an outstanding warrant, according to police.

Police said they discovered another room at the same hotel had been rented using the same stolen card.

“When officers made contact at that room, they encountered three additional subjects along with additional stolen checks and driver’s licenses, card readers, at least fifty unconfirmed stolen credit card numbers, along with methamphetamine and heroin,” Vander Veen’s statement said.

Two of those men were arrested.

They were identified as James Pinto, a 26-year-old transient, and Colin Nash, 32, of West Covina.

Both men were taken to jail at the Claremont Police Department.

Pinto arrested on suspicion of possession of heroin, identity theft and an outstanding narcotics related warrant. Bail was set at $100,000, according to police.

Nash is suspected of identity theft and possessing meth, police said. His bail was set at $50,000.

It’s unclear what happened to the third person in the room.

Reached by phone Sunday, Lt. Karlan Bennett said the case is still under investigation as police attempt to contact victims and gather more information.