GORDON COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a former Division of Family and Child Services employee, accused of abusing children in his care.
Roy Payne was arrested Friday after agents were asked to investigate by the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office was alerted of allegations that Payne, a Calhoun resident, had sexually abused children while working for DFCS, according to a release from the GBI.
The 40-year-old was later arrested by state agents and charged with three counts of child abuse, three counts of child molestation and one count of sodomy, the release said.
If you have any information about the case, call the GBI at 706-624-1424.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), or online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online. Residents can also download the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
