The Brief A grand jury handed down a Richmond County human trafficking indictment against a 34-year-old Hephzibah man on Tuesday. Authorities rescued a missing 16-year-old girl who was allegedly harbored, transported and solicited for sex in eastern Georgia. Georgia officials charged a Hephzibah man Tuesday following a multi-agency investigation into the sexual exploitation and trafficking of a missing 16-year-old girl in Richmond County. The backstory:The victim was recovered through a joint operation involving the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. What they're saying:Attorney General Chris Carr expanded the statewide Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit to the Augusta region last year to target local exploitation.