Former ICU nurse sentenced to 10 years for trafficking
16-year-old girl in metro Atlanta
2/25/26
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Former ICU nurse sentenced to 10
years for trafficking 16-year-old girl in metro Atlanta
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Written by: A. Smith
Published February 25, 2026 @ 11:22 AM ET
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – A former intensive care unit nurse from Hart County has been sentenced
to prison after pleading guilty to trafficking a 16-year-old girl in Fulton
County.
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Cohen Skelton, 26, of Bowersville, was sentenced to 25 years, with the first 10 years
to be served in prison and the remaining time on strict probation, Georgia
Attorney General Chris Carr announced Saturday. He is also required to register
as a sex offender.
Skelton pleaded guilty Feb. 12 to two counts of trafficking of persons
for sexual servitude and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.
According to court records, Skelton first made online contact with the
teenager through social media apps, including Snapchat, and communicated with
her over several months, exchanging sexually explicit content.
In November 2024, he traveled to Cobb County to pick up the girl and took
her to a hotel in Fulton County, where he rented a room and had sex with her,
paying $500. He also created and kept digital files of the abuse.
“This is the disturbing reality that we’re seeing online, where
traffickers are targeting our children for abuse and exploitation,” Carr said.
“Whether it’s Snapchat or Roblox or any other app, child predators will find a
way to communicate with their next victim, and we’re doing everything in our
power to stop them. Our team is on the ground leading this fight, and we won’t
rest until every child is safe and every trafficker is brought to justice.”
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