A Colorado Corrections Officer has been arrested in a nationwide human trafficking operation that led to the arrest of more than 200 people.
One of those arrested was 45-year-old Justin Sturtevant of Pueblo West. Sturtevant is accused of allegedly knowingly having sexually explicit conversations with a minor.
The allegations are that on February 6th, Sturtevant had an online conversation with an undercover detective who was posing as a 14-year-old girl. During the conversation, the “girl” told Sturtevant multiple times she was only 14. Investigators say that despite knowing this, Sturtevant sent a sexually explicit image to the detective and engaged in sexually explicit conversations.
He has been charged with criminal use of a two-way communication device, transmission of harmful material to a minor and using a computer to solicit a child for sex.
Sturtevant was employed as a Corrections Officer with the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City.
