Second Arrest Made in Connection with Alleged Trafficking of Oconee County Girl

A second person has been arrested in connection with a human trafficking case involving a young girl in Oconee County, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Seventeen-year-old Salvador Martinez of Epps Bridge Road was booked into the Oconee County Jail on Friday on charges of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes.

Martizez is accused of paying the 13-year-old victim $20 for sexual activity, a news release says, and the victim was then allegedly forced to turn the money over to Tyler Kaahlil Standifur.

of aggravated child molestation, trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual servitude, pandering by compulsion and enticing a child for indecent purposes.

Officials with the Sheriff's Office say they expect to make more arrests during the course of the investigation.