Crime & Safety
Man Convicted of Having Sex with 13-Year-Old
Their families were living at the same extended-stay hotel when the relationship occurred; prosecutors say he was 21 and knew she was 13.
A Gwinnett County jury convicted a man on several charges for a sexual relationship he had with a 13-year-old girl while both of their families lived at an extended-stay hotel near Norcross.
Isham Trinnell Clay was found guilty of aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and child molestation, Chief Assistant District Attorney Dan W. Mayfield said in a news release.
Prosecutors said Clay, 21 at the time, met the 13-year-old while they were living at the hotel, and the two had sex several times, even after the girl told Clay her age.
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He was arrested when the two were found in a hotel lobby bathroom after an employee overheard “sexual noises” coming from the bathroom, the news release stated.
The jury deliberated several hours to find him guilty of the charges.
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