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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  A Nashville, GA police officer is appealing his conviction and prison sentence for soliciting sex from a 17-year-old boy and violating his oath of office, arguing that Georgia’s solicitation of sodomy statute is unconstitutional and no crime was committed.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Updated with video; Dougherty County Police say they have arrested a man after making continual sexual advances on a woman Thursday after midnight.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Updated with video; A man accused of aggravated child molestation and rape was sentenced Friday and will spend decades in prison.

Friday, November 02, 2012  Updated with video; According to the Dougherty County Jail, 28-year-old Phillip Marquis Burns has been charged with child molestation and felony sodomy.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  Sandusky jurors hear of 2 more alleged victims, including incident with still unidentified boy

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Updated with new information & video; DCSS Police are looking into a sodomy case in the system.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  Montrevious Spurlin, 20, allegedly molested his seven-year-old cousin and was convicted in court on numerous charges relating to the case.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011  In the span of a few short weeks in March of 2009, Phillip Benjamin Conner allegedly approached seven women on streets in and around Albany.

Thursday, December 02, 2010  A Georgia youth minister now faces 58 additional charges for a sexual relationship authorities say he had with a 16-year-old girl who was a member of his church, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010  Crimes known as the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ automatically earn juveniles in Georgia a date in criminal court as an adult. Convictions carry mandatory sentences, forcing children as young as 13 to live among hardened, career criminals for 10 to 25 years  - and sometimes for the rest of their lives.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010  The police chief of Boaz, Alabama, says a man wanted in Georgia on charges involving sex crimes against children was arrested by his officers and turned over to authorities in Polk County, Georgia, reported WAGA FOX 5 in Atlanta.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  A Georgia death row inmate from Crisp County is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to overturn his conviction because his lawyers say he was "stressed out," at the time he confessed.  48-year-old Roger Lynn Loyd pleaded guilty in 1999 to sexually assaulting and fatally strangling a 3-year-old boy.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  Law enforcement officials in Paulding County say a convicted sex offender has been sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison, reported WAGA FOX 5 in Atlanta.

Friday, October 01, 2010  20-year-old Kenneth Brown is accused of 'sexting' revealing photos of himself to an 11-year-old girl. 18-year-old Anthony Jackson is accused of raping a separate 11-year-old.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010  Rockdale County deputies have charged a Atlanta man with child molestation and sodomy after catching him in a  girl's bedroom.