GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Florida woman and a Gwinnett County man are under arrest in connection to a child sexual exploitation investigation that began in September.
Police say that 43-year-old Adrienne Klein of Gulf Breeze, Florida helped her 12-year-old daughter get from Texas to Gwinnett County to see 20-year-old Gesart Hoxha of Buford.
Gwinnett police say Klein and Hoxha bought a flight for Klein’s daughter and gave her money for a hotel stay.
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When detectives searched Hoxha’s Appaloosa Lane home, they found large sums of cash and explicit photos of Klein’s 12-year-old daughter.
Investigators learned that Hoxha and the victim exchanged several messages online, including the explicit photos.
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Klein is charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes and cruelty to children. She is currently waiting to be extradited to Gwinnett County.
Hoxha is charged with child molestation, statutory rape, enticing a child for indecent purposes and employ/use minor to engage in/assist person in sexually explicit conduct for visual medium. He is being held in the Gwinnett County Jail.
Hoxha will will face a charge of indecency with child by sexual contact in Arlington, Texas.
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