Ex-DFACs employee accused of abusing children in his care, GBI says

CALHOUN, Ga. — A former employee of the Division of Family and Children Services was arrested for allegedly hurting kids in his care.

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On April 14, the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into child abuse allegations of a former DFACs employee.

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Officials said there were allegations that 40-year-old Roy Payne of Calhoun, had abused children in his custody.

Payne was arrested and charged with three counts of child abuse, three counts of child molestation and one count of sodomy.

He was transported to the Gordon County Jail.

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