An 84-year-old county commissioner in Southeast Georgia was arrested and charged with child molestation and sexual battery on Wednesday after a four-month investigation, authorities said.
Reginald Loper has served nearly two decades as a commissioner in Effingham County, west of Savannah. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the county sheriff asked the bureau in January to investigate allegations of child sex abuse involving Loper, a Republican.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation statement gave no other details on what prompted Loper’s arrest.
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