ALEA Seeks Public Help in Aliceville Child Exploitation Case
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) is leading the investigation into the child exploitation arrests of four teachers and a police officer in the Pickens County City of Aliceville. And investigators say there may be more arrests forthcoming in what has become the second major child sex situation in West Alabama since last summer.
ALEA is urging anyone with information related to the matter, including individuals who believe they may have been impacted, to contact SBI’s Crime Hotline at 1-800-392-8011. All information will be handled confidentially and appropriately.
Because the investigation is ongoing, few details about the circumstances that led to the arrests of teachers Lakethia Wilkins, Winston Bishop, Antavious Belgrave, and Roderick Granger, or Aliceville Police Officer Gary Caminion have been made public.
The current Pickens County Jail Inmate Roster website shows Bishop, Belgrave, Caminion and Granger remain in jail, each under a $1 million bond. Wilkins remains there under a $750,000 bond. Wilkins charges also including using her position for personal.
Saturday, Aliceville Mayor Terrence Windham led a prayer meeting and march praying for the community, Windham told Tuscaloosa Thread he is encouraged by his community's response "We’re saddened by the news of the allegations, but we’re also encouraged because we’re looking for a brighter day in the future,” Windham stated. “We want to continue to pray for our city. I know there’s a lot of people that have been praying, but we want to continue to pray in light of this current situation.”
Eight suspects await trial in Bibb County after they were arrested in Brent on various charges of child sexual exploitation and trafficking in an underground storm shelter. Of at least 10 children between the ages of three and 10.
An ALEA press release states once the Pickens County investigation is complete, all information will be handed over to Pickens County District Attorney Andy Hamlin (24th Judicial Circuit) for adjudication.
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