Man arrested for molesting very young children | Crime

BALL GROUND, Ga. -- Cherokee County Sheriff's investigators have arrested a 27-year-old Ball Ground man for sexually assaulting two children.

Daniel Baxter was taken into custody Wednesday. He is charged with rape, child molestation, sodomy and sexual battery, according to Cherokee County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jay Baker.

Baker said both of Baxter's victims were under the age of 5, and that they were acquainted with the suspect, but were not related to him.

Baxter is being held without bond in the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is asking anyone who has young children who may have been around Baxter to call investigators at 770-927-0239.