Five youth arrested for sexually assaulting juvenile

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office investigators and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have completed an in depth investigation of an incident regarding an alleged sexual assault of a juvenile.

The mother reported that several teenage boys drove the juvenile victim to a residence within Jackson County where the alleged crimes occurred.
During the course of the investigation, a forensic interview and evaluation was conducted with the victim. Investigators conducted a search warrant at the alleged location, with the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Jackson County Investigators located and recovered several pieces of evidence corroborating the victim’s statement.

Joshua Lee Saucier, 17, was arrested and charged with child molestation, aggravated child molestation and cruelty to children in the first degree.
Nicholas Wayne Joiner, 18, was arrested and charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes, child molestation and cruelty to children in the first degree.
Montel Eugene Reynolds, 18, was arrested and charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes, party to the crime of child molestation and cruelty to children in the first degree.

Two additional males, who were juveniles at the time of incident, were arrested and charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes, child molestation, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and cruelty to children in the first degree. A third male, who was a juvenile at the time of the incident, faces charges of enticing a child for indecent purposes, child molestation, aggravated child molestation and cruelty to children in the first degree.