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<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1" style="color:#261c1e;font-size:14px"><strong>Top Pentagon official Stephen Hovanic, busted &#8216;paying undercover agent for sex in motel room where he asked &#8220;can we do a half hour?&#8221;&#8216; </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2" style="color:#261c1e;font-size:14px"><strong>Stephen Hovanic, 64, from Georgia, <strong>who oversaw the entire US military schools system </strong>met with a woman at a motel on November 15 </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3" style="color:#261c1e;font-size:14px"><strong>He placed his sunglasses by a condom and asked her if they could &#8216;do a half hour&#8217;, then exchanged cash, before the multi agency team arrested him </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4" style="color:#261c1e;font-size:14px"><strong>The sting which caught Hovanic <strong> wider bust on human trafficking in Georgia that saw 26 arrested</strong></strong></h1>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Stephen Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, entered the room with the woman, placed his sunglasses by a condom, and asked her if they could &#8216;do a half hour,&#8217; before police officers came barging through the door</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A top Pentagon official was filmed Nov 15, in a Georgia motel room, paying an undercover agent for sex. At the point of being taken into custody Stephen Hovanic told cops he was only there for a massage.<br>a recording of the incident shows Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, enter the room with the bait, a female undercover agent operating under the pseudonym &#8216;Katie&#8217;, set his sunglasses down next to a condom, then ask her if they could &#8216;do a half hour.&#8217; After that the other members of the sting team barged through the door.<br>Video released by the Coweta County sheriff&#8217;s office revealed the moment Hovanic was busted in the motel on November 15, in the joint sting with the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation unit.<br>Hovanic, the man who oversaw the entire US military schools system, was charged with pandering, which is misdemeanor solicitation of sex.<br>He worked for the Department of Defense Education Activity for over two decades, and in his current position, is in charge of the schools educating children of US military servicemen and women on bases across the world. <br>For the last 13 years, Hovanic was also a chief of staff for Department of Defense schools in the US.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Pentagon senior staffer Stephen Hovanic who was also a chief of staff for Department of Defense schools in the US, snared in sex sting</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Pentagon senior staffer Stephen Hovanic, [photo], who was also a chief of staff for Department of Defense schools in the US, was charged with pandering &#8211; a misdemeanor solicitation of sex, after he was snared in sex sting</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hovanic&#8217;s interaction with the bait, including the transaction of passing money to Katie, the female undercover agent, was captured on video. He&#8217;s heard introducing himself to the Katie, shaking her hand, saying: &#8216;Nice to meet you. You&#8217;re beautiful.<br>&#8216;I told you I would shower before I got here.&#8217; <br>The video then shows Hovanic telling Katie: &#8216;Can we do a half-hour?&#8217;<br>The agent tells him she does not &#8216;play before he pays,&#8217; meaning he would have to give her money before any activity began. To which Hovanic responds: &#8216;I understand. That&#8217;s fair.&#8217; </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hovanic&#8217;s interaction with the female undercover agent, including giving her money, was captured on video. During the transaction, he set his sunglasses sit next to a condom on the desk [right]</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hovanic [left], can be seen shaking hands with &#8216;Katie&#8217; &#8211; who is an undercover cop acting as the bait &#8211; and makes small talk before handing her cash</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>At this point two detectives walk into the room and arrest the &#8216;John&#8217; &#8211; DOD administrator Hovanic </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hovanic then hands her cash, before she moves into another part of the motel room. Soon after, two police officers rush into the room and handcuff him.<br>He shouts out that he was only there to get a massage &#8211; which deputies have since said they doubt. <br>The two-day operation also resulted in the rescue of six human trafficking victims, whose names were not released, Haralson County&#8217;s sheriff said. <br>In total, the sting led to 26 arrests, including eight prostitution arrests.<br>The charges included prostitution, pandering, and pimping. <br>Three individuals are currently under investigation for human trafficking and drug charges. <br><strong>Related Articles</strong>:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Images-from-website-of-three-state-brothel-chain-3.png?resize=174%2C131&;ssl=1" alt=""/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><a href="https://konniemoments.com/2023/11/09/three-arrested-after-boston-cops-uncover-sex-network-targeting-elected-officials-tech-executives-professionals-who-pay-monthly-at-600-an-hour-to-access-network-operating-posh-brothels-across-mass/" data-type="link" data-id="https://konniemoments.com/2023/11/09/three-arrested-after-boston-cops-uncover-sex-network-targeting-elected-officials-tech-executives-professionals-who-pay-monthly-at-600-an-hour-to-access-network-operating-posh-brothels-across-mass/">Boston cops uncover high-class sex ring where ‘Johns’ include elected officials, tech executives, doctors and lawyers Clients paid monthly fee to access network [&#8230;]</a></figcaption></figure>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The FBI sex ring sting in Georgia led to 26 arrests, including eight prostitution arrests. Caught in the police dragnet as well is Stephen Hovanic, [photo], who for the last 13 years, was also a chief of staff for Department of Defense schools in the US</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of the agents said: &#8216;This kind of operation is really important to us, because, number one, sex buyers are a huge problem in the industry. <br>&#8216;Without sex buyers, there wouldn&#8217;t be a market for the females to continue to be victimized.<br>&#8216;Second, and probably most importantly for all of us, is the victimization of these females. <br>&#8216;There&#8217;s not a good scenario for them in this lifestyle, so the goal is to get them out of this lifestyle.&#8217; <br>The DoDEA, Department of Defense Education Activity, acknowledged the &#8216;incident&#8217;, while directing<br>any questions regarding the incident should be directed to the local law enforcement agency involved.&#8217; <br>Earlier in November in a separate operation, prosecutors charged three people with <a href="https://konniemoments.com/2023/11/09/three-arrested-after-boston-cops-uncover-sex-network-targeting-elected-officials-tech-executives-professionals-who-pay-monthly-at-600-an-hour-to-access-network-operating-posh-brothels-across-mass/" data-type="link" data-id="https://konniemoments.com/2023/11/09/three-arrested-after-boston-cops-uncover-sex-network-targeting-elected-officials-tech-executives-professionals-who-pay-monthly-at-600-an-hour-to-access-network-operating-posh-brothels-across-mass/">running a high-end brothel network</a> in Boston and northern Virginia, whose customers included elected officials. <br>Other clientele included tech and pharmaceutical executives, lawyers, professors and military officers, though federal prosecutors did not identify any of them. <br>Prosecutors say they paid up to $600 per hour for sexual encounters with predominately Asian women who were being exploited through sex trafficking. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The video reveals Hovanic telling the female undercover agent: &#8216;Can we do a half-hour?&#8217;</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The two-day operation also resulted in the rescue of six human trafficking victims, whose names were not released, Haralson County&#8217;s sheriff said</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Acting U.S. Attorney Josh Levy announced charges against the brothels&#8217; alleged operators, Han Lee, 41, and Junmyung Lee, 30, of Massachusetts and James Lee, 68, of California. A &#8216;commercial sex ring that was built on secrecy and exclusivity, catering to wealthy and well-connected clientele.<br>As well as locations in Massachusetts, Virginia and California being raided, the government have also seized two websites tied to the ring. One a text message sent from a phone related to the operation in Massachusetts which includes a &#8216;menu&#8217; which listed sexual services available, the hourly rate and the women available. <br>The women were advertised for commercial sex via two websites, under the guise of professional nude photo shoots.</p>

Top Pentagon official Stephen Hovanic, 64, who oversaw the entire US military schools system, arrested ‘paying undercover agent for sex in a Georgia motel room
