A Dothan man has entered a guilty plea to federal charges related to a violent, multi-year sex trafficking operation that spanned Alabama and North Florida, according to WDNews.
On June 9, 2025, Chad Cornelius Seymore, 49, of Dothan, pleaded guilty shortly prior to the start of his trial. Seymore acknowledged engaging in interstate travel to facilitate racketeering, money laundering, accepting benefits from sex trafficking, and conspiring to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.
Over a four-year period, Seymore collaborated with others to enlist vulnerable women—many of whom were drug addicts—and coerce them into engaging in commercial sex acts, according to court filings. He bailed women out of jail, targeted women sleeping in hotels or advertised online, and used threats and physical violence to manipulate them.
On June 18, a federal jury found his co-defendant, Kimberly Robinson Gandy, 47, of Gulfport, Mississippi, guilty of similar offenses, including conspiracy and money laundering. Gandy participated in the trafficking of women in Destin and Panama City Beach.
According to federal authorities, the couple transferred the money they earned from the commercial sex acts using internet money exchange services.
On August 15, Seymore will be sentenced at the U.S. Courthouse in Tallahassee. On September 15, Gandy will be sentenced.
According to U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin, this result is a tribute to the Capital City Human Trafficking Task Force’s exceptional teamwork. We have brought justice to the victims of this sex trafficking plot and brought it to an end.
Operation Take Back America, a nationwide campaign to combat human trafficking and transnational crime, including the case. Numerous agencies from Florida and Alabama were involved, including the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, the Dothan Police Department, and others.
Michelle Spaven, a first assistant U.S. attorney, is prosecuting the case.
