A Buford man faces child abuse charges in two different states after authorities said he collaborated with a woman to bring a 12-year-old girl to Gwinnett County in order to sexually abuse her.
Gesart Hoxha, 20, is charged with sex crimes against a minor in both Texas, where the child was put on a plane, and Georgia, where the alleged abuse occurred, according to Gwinnett County police. Adrienne Klein, 43, is accused of arranging the child’s travel between states.
The charges are the result of a monthslong investigation that began in Arlington, Texas, according to Gwinnett police spokesperson Hideshi Valle.
According to investigators, Hoxha worked with Klein to send the 12-year-old from a location in Texas to Gwinnett. The pair arranged for the girl to take a flight to Georgia, where Hoxha met her, Valle said.
Gwinnett police charged Klein with enticing a child for indecent purposes and second-degree cruelty to children. She is awaiting extradition to Gwinnett from Florida.
In Gwinnett, Hoxha is charged with child molestation, statutory rape, enticing a child for indecent purposes and using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for a visual medium. Arlington police charged Hoxha with indecency with a child by sexual contact.
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