September 25, 2026 — Opelika, AL
Lee County Sheriff’s Office investigators on Friday, Sept. 25, arrested Sylvester Emmitt Brown, 35, of Opelika, and charged him with one count of enticing a child for immoral purposes and one count of second-degree sexual abuse.
The sheriff’s office said it received a report on Sept. 15 from an investigator with the Thomas County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office about the sexual abuse of a juvenile. The crime is alleged to have happened in the 200 block of Lee Road 446 in the Opelika area. Investigators said evidence they gathered supported the allegations.
Brown was held in the Lee County Detention Center on a $20,000 bond. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 334-749-5651 or Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP (7867).
Charges are accusations; Brown is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Source: CNAW 2 News
From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — September 21 – 27, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 25 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News
