Alabama Police Officer Charged With Rape And Sexual Abuse of Three Children
Former Franklin County (Alabama) Sheriff’s Deputy and current Bear Creek Police Department Officer Carl Nathan Weeks, who was already facing three charges of sexual abuse of a child, has now been charged with an additional six counts of second-degree sexual abuse, three counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of first-degree rape by a grand jury.
Via the Times Daily:
Officials said Weeks is accused of inappropriately touching the girls. The indictment accuses him of raping one of them.
Authorities said, according to the allegations, one of the girls was 5 or 6 years old, while the others were 13. Weeks is a family acquaintance of the three girls.
According to the accusations, the incidents all occurred at Weeks’s house in Franklin County.
Via the original article from the Times Daily:
One of the charges is sexual abuse of a child under 12, which is a Class B felony. The other two counts are for second-degree sexual abuse, which are Class A misdemeanors.
Weeks is currently a member of Bear Creek Police Department. Bear Creek Police Chief Shane Whitten could not be reached to find out Weeks’ status with the department.
Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver said Weeks was a prior deputy with the department. He said Weeks worked as a road deputy and a member of the Franklin County Drug Unit for about three years.
The sheriff said Weeks left the department in early 2013 to go into private business.
“I was shocked when I heard this,” Oliver said.
Authorities said once the allegations were reported, the SBI was contacted by the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office and the Franklin County Department of Human Resources. The investigation began earlier this week.
