6 teens charged in sexual assault

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office investigators and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have completed the investigation of an incident regarding an alleged sexual assault of a juvenile that led to the arrests of six people.

The victim’s mother reported that several teenage boys drove the juvenile victim to a residence off the Jefferson Road where the alleged crimes occurred.

During the course of the investigation, a forensic interview and evaluation were conducted with the victim. Investigators conducted a search warrant at the alleged location, with the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and located and recovered several pieces of evidence allegedly corroborating the victim’s statement.

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

Montel Eugene Reynolds, 18, was charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes, party to the crime of child molestation and cruelty to children in the first degree.

Two other males, who were juveniles at the time of the incident, were 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.

Mangum did not release the age of the victim but said “she is very young compared to the ages of the suspects.” She said the suspects attend East Jackson Comprehensive High School.