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Oakwood man found guilty of 2023 molestation involving 9-year-old girl
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Carlos Mendez appears in Hall County Superior Court Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, for his trial on charges of child molestation. - photo by Scott Rogers
After her 10-year-old daughter stopped wanting to go outside, a Gainesville mother bought materials to build a fence in July 2023 — just eight days after reporting to police that Carlos Enriquez Mendez had inappropriately touched the child.