A 19-year-old Gainesville man was arrested on Feb. 26 after investigators say he exploited a 14-year-old Texas girl he met on social media.
Alex Masato Bohac faces 16 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of grooming a child for indecent purposes.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the case in early February after the girl reported that she was being coerced into sending explicit photos. Authorities allege that Bohac threatened to send the images to the girl’s school when she refused to provide more photos, eventually distributing them to several students and a teacher…