Los Angeles Sex Offender Charged With Child Sex Crimes In Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force says a Los Angeles man and registered sex offender is facing child pornography, human trafficking and solicitation charges after an investigation in west Alabama.

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Tuscaloosa County Jail records show Efon Guissepe Carter, 24, is charged with producing obscene material with someone under 17, electronic solicitation of a child, transmitting obscene material to a child by computer and first-degree human trafficking.

According to a deposition filed in October and obtained by Tuscaloosa Patch, Carter is accused of making payments to a female minor to produce nude videos of herself.

The court document cites text messages and Instagram messages where Carter is alleged to have discussed the terms of the deal with the victim.

The deposition says messages from the child's cellphone indicate Carter gave her specific instructions on how to make the videos and paid her for the videos through Cash App — a mobile online direct payment system.

Additionally, investigators obtained records from Cash App and found the account that paid the minor for the videos and the phone number connected to the account belonged to Carter, who was living in Los Angeles, California, at the time.

The deposition also said the cellphone number connected to the account was provided by Carter to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his registration as a sex offender.

Carter was taken into custody by members of LAPD's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and extradited to Alabama, where he was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Nov. 25.

In accordance with Aniah's Law, Carter was denied bond on the human trafficking charge, while his total bond was set at $20,000 for the other three felony charges.

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