Booking photo provided by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::
The Griffin Police Department has arrested Griffin resident Juliana Caroline Patel on numerous child sex abuse charges.
Authorities say Patel’s arrest is related to the Aug. 4 arrest of Griffin Fire-Rescue Firefighter Kevin Burkholder.
According to a report filed by GPD Investigator Adam Trammell, the Griffin Police Department was on Monday, Aug. 10 contacted by Jason Newsome, an investigator in the Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, who reported Patel’s involvement in a “possible child molestation.”
Patel, age 35, was arrested later that same day and was transported to the Spalding County Jail.
Patel currently faces four charges of aggravated child molestation and four counts of sexual exploitation of children.
Patel remains in custody in the Spalding County Jail.
“She has been before the judge and the judge no bonded her, so there’s no bond. She had her first appearance (hearing) on the 11th of August,” said Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Dwayne Jones.
Burkholder was taken into custody without incident by the Griffin Police Department and transferred into the custody of the Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office, said Police Chief Mike Yates.
Burkholder has been charged with one count of incest, once count of aggravated child molestation, one count of felony sodomy, one count of child molestation, four counts of sexual exploitation of children.
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You can read about Kevin Burkholder’s arrest here: https://the-grip.net/2020/08/07/griffin-firefighter-arrested-on-multiple-child-sexual-abuse-charges/
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The city of Griffin on Aug. 6 issued a press release announcing Burkholder’s arrest. At that time, it was announced he had been placed on unpaid administrative leave.
Burkholder remains behind bars in the Meriwether County Jail.
Chief Yates encourages anyone who believes they may have information related to this case to contact Trammell at 770.229.6450 or atrammell@cityofgriffin.com.
“We’ve got a lot to do yet. We ain’t done,” Yates said. “All I can tell you is that it is still developing and anybody that we can identify with supporting probable cause in this case, we’re going to light them up like it’s the fourth of July.”
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