Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

2 Decatur men charged with sex trafficking

Scott L. Parker and Timmothy Matthews (Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)
Scott L. Parker and Timmothy Matthews (Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)
By Ellen Eldridge
July 15, 2016

Two Decatur men were arrested Friday on sex trafficking crimes, police said.

Scott L. Parker, 44, and Timmothy Matthews, 44, were arrested on warrants issued July 5, charging each with felony trafficking a person for sexual servitude on Lavista Road in Tucker, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

The men were arrested at Parker’s home and booked into the DeKalb County Jail.

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