Two Elmore County residents including a former state trooper arrested in Montgomery County child sex sting operation

Ryan Rhodes Justin Gregory Tomberlin

Ryan Rhodes, 26, of Tallassee is no longer an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Trooper. He resigned after being arrested for electronic solicitation of a child, traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act and resisting arrest.

According to an ALEA release Rhodes resigned his position following his early Friday morning arrest in Montgomery. But Rhodes wasn’t the only Elmore County resident apprehended in a sting operation.