Newton County deputy arrested, charged with sexual assault and rape, GBI says

the now fired Newton County

deputy

is in jail tonight accused of raping a woman while recently on duty and today we got details of the allegations against the former

deputy

, yes, 11 Alive's Molly Oak breaks down what happened and what What's next for the deputy facing multiple charges, a Newton County Sheriff's Office incident report details a woman early last Saturday morning walking along Salem Road in Rockdale County toward Newton County. She

says

a uniformed Newton County officer offered to take her home, however, instead of doing just that, the report

says

she first stopped at the Circle K on Salem Road.

Investigators say security footage clearly shows the officer is Newton County Deputy George Roming. The woman claims the officer took her to the woods behind two Newton County schools and

rape

d her. This woman is the one who made these accusations. a victim she was not in custody she was not

charged

with a crime she is a victim the georgia bureau of investigation says it took over the investigation into the allegations against romming on monday the gbi says he was

arrested

yesterday and

charged

with

rape

,

sexual

assault

and violation of your oath of office really, I hope, really underscores the fact that to the gbi it doesn't matter who you are if there are allegations and in this case serious criminal accusations against a victim the gbi is not going to waste any time making Make sure the case is made so the perpetrator can be brought to justice.

The gbi says Romming worked at the Newton County Sheriff's Office for two years and has since been fired. We contacted the Sheriff's Office after this arrest. The office declined an interview. request for the active investigation even though it is still early in the investigation and we have made an arrest, they will complete their investigative acts, they will put together the case file, they will deliver it to the prosecutor's office and at that point, it will go through the following steps for processing . Roaming's first court appearance is scheduled for tomorrow morning on Newton County Molly Oak 11 news live.