NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — An Oconee County man is behind bars after being arrested for multiple child sex crimes, including incest, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The GBI says they received a request from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office to help them investigate numerous child sex offenses by Derrick Crooms, 45.
Their investigation found that the crimes allegedly occurred in Newton County and several other locations across the U.S.
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Crooms was ultimately located and arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Stone Mountain. He was taken to the Newton County Jail, where he is currently being held.
He is charged with two counts of incest, two counts of aggravated sexual battery, two counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes.
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Investigators also learned that during many of his offenses, Crooms was traveling the country with his wife, Rachel Overton, who was a traveling nurse. Overton allegedly learned of Crooms’ acts and failed to report them to police.
She was arrested in February in Wisconsin and charged with cruelty to children and failure to report as a mandated reporter. She was extradited to Oconee County and released on bail shortly after.
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