An Atlanta man was arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after being accused of human trafficking.

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GBI officials said in the fall of 2021, 30-year-old Dionte Johnson was an employee of the Economy Hotel near Fulton Industrial Boulevard.

The investigation revealed that while Johnson was employed at the hotel, he solicited a teenage girl for sex and harbored her by providing a room for them to have sex.

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It is unclear how long Johnson solicited the teenager for sex.

On Feb. 14, 2023, Johnson was charged and arrested for human trafficking as a part of an ongoing human trafficking investigation. He was booked into the Fulton County Jail.

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The investigation remains ongoing.

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