Overview

• Seven suspects, including two mothers and relatives, face charges ranging from rape and human trafficking to sexual torture, sodomy, kidnapping and bestiality.
• Ten children, some as young as three, have been identified as victims and placed under the care of the Alabama Department of Human Resources for counseling and protection.
• Authorities say the ring ran from January 2024 to April 2025 out of a hidden storm shelter near Brent, where minors were drugged and bound to beds, chairs and poles before being abused.
• Three men were indicted on July 11 and four more were arrested between July 19 and July 24, with preliminary hearings set for August 21 and some defendants held without bond.
• The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Homeland Security are probing possible ties to the Mexican gang Seranos and warn that more perpetrators and victims may emerge as the probe continues.