Dustin Lee Dowdy, 52 of Rockmart, was jailed in Rome this week after reports said he molestated a child under the age of ten from January 2016 until April of 2017.

Reports stated that Dowdy would do indecent and immoral acts, including sexual intercourse, to and in the presence of the child at a home on Honey Tree Trail in Rome.

Reports added that Dowdy forced the victim to masturbate until he climaxed.

Dowdy is charged with rape, child molestation.