A Chattanooga chiropractor allegedly met two undercover officers posing as 16-year-old girls before choosing one for sex during a human trafficking sting at a Hixson hotel, authorities said.
The chiropractor Dakota Neetz, 31, Fidel Navarro Lopez, 22, and Tommy Reed Jr., 26, were arrested Friday and Saturday as part of a joint undercover operation aiming to identify individuals seeking sex acts with minors, according to Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation press releases.
Neetz and Navarro Lopez were each charged with trafficking for a commercial sex act, solicitation of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, the release said.
Navarro Lopez also faces charges of resisting and possession of a controlled substance, while Reed was charged with promoting prostitution, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Chattanooga chiropractor, Gautemalan man among three arrested in Hixson trafficking sting
