Tuesday, October 14, 2025–10:24 a.m.
-Floyd County Jail records-
A Cedartown man originally arrested in August on charges of grooming a minor, child molestation, and sexual battery is facing additional charges.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
65-year-old Garry Duane Hand, who is a convicted sex offender, told a teenage female to bring other juveniles to his home, and he would provide goods for them.
He drove the victims across county lines to various stores and restaurants, giving them items such as phones, vaping devices, alcohol, food, and electronics in exchange for physical affection, and to buy their silence in the matter.
Hand also photographed and videotaped the victims, who ranged in age from 11 to 15, without their knowledge.
He is charged with two counts of human trafficking, three counts of grooming, two counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, and two counts of photographing a minor by a sex offender without consent.