U.S. Marshals Service, Georgia authorities operation leads to rescue of 39 children

The missing kids were all considered ’at risk’

By Jeremy Turnage | August 27, 2020 at 8:34 PM EDT – Updated August 28 at 3:48 PM

ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT/Gray News) – A joint operation with the U.S. Marshal’s Missing Child Unit in Atlanta and Macon lead to the rescue of 26 children and officials successfully locating 13 others.

Operation Not Forgotten took place over a two-week span and also netted nine arrests all tied to alleged crimes related to sex trafficking, parental kidnapping, registered sex offender violations, drugs and weapons possession, and custodial interference.

“Operation Not Forgotten” resulted in the rescue of 26 children, the safe location of 13 children and the arrest of nine criminal associates: https://t.co/a3MeJSfbvk

— U.S. Marshals (@USMarshalsHQ) August 27, 2020

“The U.S. Marshals Service is fully committed to assisting federal, state, and local agencies with locating and recovering endangered missing children, in addition to their primary fugitive apprehension mission,” Director of the Marshals Service Donald Washington said. “The message to missing children and their families is that we will never stop looking for you.”

The missing children were all considered to be in the “at-risk” category.

Source: https://www.walb.com/2020/08/27/us-marshals-office-georgia-authorities-operation-leads-rescue-children/