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Text messages are a focus in child sex case
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Jurors in the child molestation trial of a Gainesville man heard about text message exchanges Monday between the defendant and the then-10-year-old boy he is accused of molesting. Detective Jerrald Leak, with the Gwinnett County Police Department, took the stand Monday afternoon, reading the messages. He was the lead investigator in an August 2010 kidnapping case involving the boy and Christopher Thomas Ray, 31.
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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier
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Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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