NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Advertisements of a "scantily clad female with an emoji covering her face" led to the arrest of a man accused of running a sex trafficking operation at an Antioch motel.

In a sting operation on Tuesday, May 6, investigators contacted a phone number posted on a commercial sex advertisement and met at an agreed location at the Super 8 Motel on Bell Road in Antioch.

According to court documents, Angel Diaz Carvajal, 29, and a woman exited a motel room and she attempted to get into the undercover officer's vehicle. When uniformed officers announced themselves, the woman was placed under arrest, and Carvajal reportedly attempted to run away. He was caught shortly after and placed under arrest.

The woman said she met Carvajal in Chicago and he coerced her into coming to Nashville for a cleaning job. However, when she arrived, he reportedly informed her that there was no cleaning job, and she was instead forced to participate in sex acts for money.

Carvajal reportedly posted sexually explicit photos of the woman and used them for advertisements. According to Metro police, he controlled the ads, what clothes the victim wore, collected money from commercial sex buyers and had withheld food from her for more than a day before their arrests.

Carvajal was booked into the Metro jail and charged with felony sex trafficking, felony promoting prostitution, misdemeanor resisting arrest and misdemeanor evading arrest. His bond was set at $185,000.

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