Suspected Child Molester Caught

A man wanted on child molestation and sexual battery charges has surrendered at the Paulding County sheriffs office. The man, 30-year-old Jerry Fagen of Paulding County, surrendered on Sunday. Authorities accuse Fagen of abusing his 8-year-old stepdaughter. The 8-year-old and her 1-year-old brother were located on Saturday in Arizona with their mother. No charges have been filed against the mother, Casey Fagen. In Arizona, Maricopa County sheriff's spokesman Doug Matteson said Saturday that the girl was found in Youngtown, about 15 miles northwest of Phoenix, on Friday night with her head shaved, possibly to hide her identity.

(Associated Press)

Gainesville teacher charged with molestations

A Gainesville elementary school teacher has been charged with molesting four female students. Police say school officials received complaints from a teacher and parents about alleged inappropriate conduct. The third-grade teacher, Jerry Norman Jones of Commerce, resigned from his position on December 11th.

Georgia fugitive caught in Florida

A fugitive wanted in Georgia on child molestation charges is now in custody in Florida. Christopher Edward Brown fired at deputies in Florida when they tried to arrest him at a campsite in Lake Wales. That now adds attempted murder charges to the existing child molestation charges in Pickens County. Brown told sheriff’s officials that he was sorry, and was afraid of going to jail back in Georgia.

Genarlow Wilson is Free

After spending more that two and a half years in prison for a crime he committed when he was a teenager, 21-year-old Genarlow Wilson is a free man.

Wilson walked out of the Burrus Correctional facility in Forsyth late Friday afternoon and into the arms of his mother and 9-year-old sister.

"You should be more cautious about what you do, because a few minutes of fun can be a lifetime, and a very hard time getting out of it."

Wilson was just 17 when he was videotaped having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl in a hotel room during a New Year's Eve party in 2003.

He was convicted of felony child molestation and despite his age, was sentenced to ten years in prison without the possibility of parole.

Lawmakers later scrapped that law that required the lengthy mandatory sentence.

In its ruling Friday the Georgia Supreme Court said Wilson's ten year prison sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment and ordered his immediate release.

Sailor arrested for molestation

Authorities have arrested a sailor based at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base south of Brunswick on child molestation charges. Parents of one of the alleged victims complained to the Navy about 36-year-old Steven David Sydor. Authorities believe Sydor gave children ages 10 to 15 alcohol and tried to get them to run around his St. Mary’s house nude. Investigators also removed a computer from his home.

Former UGA officer faces child molestation charges

A former University of Georgia police officer has been arrested on charges he molested a 15-year-old girl more than four years ago. Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials say 26-year-old Brian Anderson of Oglethorpe County has been charged with child molestation, aggravated child molestation, and violating his oath of office.

Macon teacher faces peeping Tom charge

Police in Macon have charged a high school teacher with child molestation and being a peeping Tom. 27-year-old Carlos Dwight Arnold was arrested Saturday at a mall after being accused of photographing a boy in a bathroom. Arnold is a ninth-grade teacher at Central High School.