Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Sex Trafficking After SWAT Situation In Decatur
Eric Hall, 52, is facing six charges, including sex trafficking, pimping of a person under age 18, and drug and firearm possession charges.
DECATUR, GA — A Decatur man is now facing six charges, including sex trafficking and pimping of a minor, after a DeKalb County SWAT team executed search and arrest warrants at his home Wednesday morning.
Eric Hall, 52, has been charged with sex trafficking and felony pimping of a person under age 18, according to DeKalb police spokesperson Michaela Vincent. Online jail records show Hall also faces marijuana, cocaine and firearm possession charges, and trafficking in ecstasy.
Hall faces six counts total.
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A DeKalb SWAT team gathered outside a home on the 4400 block of Glenhaven Drive in Decatur around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning. A SWAT officer was seen escorting a man, now identified as Hall, out of the house in handcuffs.
Hall remains in the DeKalb County Jail without bond.
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