NWGA Scanner | January 21st, 2022

Rome man arrested on child molestation charges after forcing children to watch him have sex

According to Floyd County Jail records, Gabriel Kendell Ragland, 40, of Rome, was arrested on January 12th, 2022, and booked into jail on seven counts of child molestation. According to the report, Ragland forced a woman’s seven underage children to watch the couple have sex. The report said the acts occurred between April 1st, 2018, and January 27th, 2019, while at the Economy Inn on Martha Berry Boulevard. The children also told investigators that Ragland forced them to watch porn. Ragland remains in the Floyd County Jail without bond.