One case has been settled and one perpetrator is awaiting sentencing following jury trials that were held on Nov. 6 in Sequoyah County District Court.

Rusty J. Waters

Rusty J. Waters, 44, with addresses in both Sallisaw and Muldrow, was facing six counts of child sexual abuse, one count of lewd molestation, three counts of rape first degree, and one count of rape first degree by instrumentation stemming from charges filed between Dec. 22, 2021 and Aug. 8, 2023.

Assistant District Attorney Stacey Slaughter said Waters pled guilty to his charges and will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 29.

According to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case, one of the victims was still in diapers when the alleged sexual abuse began in 2012 and continued to the present. The victim told investigators that she wore diapers until she was about 6 or 7-yearsold because she wet the bed.

The crimes involved at least four different victims. The offenses continued until the minors were reportedly 13 or 14-years-old.

There were also reported alleged incidents of Waters raping the minors against their will or consent at different times, according to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case.

William O. Reed

William O. Reed, 33, of Muldrow, was charged on July 12 and Aug. 2, 2022, with lewd molestation.

Slaughter said Reed entered a guilty plea and was found guilty by the judge. He was sentenced to 20 years in the Department of Corrections.