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Sandy Springs man busted in online child sex sting

By Christian Boone
April 29, 2010

A Sandy Springs man is facing charges after police say he drove to McDonough to meet what he thought was an underage child.

Gheorghe Stefan Moise, 46, had begun conversing online with Henry County Police officers, posing as a child, two months ago. Moise was arrested in McDonough last Thursday and is charged with child molestation and sexual exploitation of a minor.

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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.

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