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A: Main, Main, News
March 21, 2023

Man charged with child sexual abuse

To appear for docket

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 

A Sallisaw man who was originally charged in 2021 with three felony counts of child sexual abuse, one felony count of rape first degree by instrumentation, and two felony counts of rape, first degree, is set to appear Thursday for a 9 a.m. jury trial sounding docket in Sequoyah County District Court.

A Sallisaw man who was originally charged in 2021 with three felony counts of child sexual abuse, one felony count of rape first degree by instrumentation, and two felony counts of rape, first degree, is set to appear Thursday for a 9 a.m. jury trial sounding docket in Sequoyah County District Court.

Rusty J. Waters, 44, was charged with six counts of sexual crimes with at least four underage females from January 2012 to present.

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 years old 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.

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Tribes celebrate record economic impact in Oklahoma
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Sallisaw Veterans Center welcomes first residents
A: Main, Main, News
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The more days that turned into weeks, which then evolved into months and stretched into years since the September 2020 groundbreaking for the new Sallisaw Veterans Center, the more impatient the commu...
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6 incumbents re-elected in Cherokee Nation General Election
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Six incumbents were re-elected to the Council of the Cherokee Nation during the tribe’s General Election on June 7, according to unofficial results from the Cherokee Nation Election Commission. The in...
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Sallisaw School Board approves new hires, superintendent’s contract, insurance plans
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Sallisaw School Board approves new hires, superintendent’s contract, insurance plans
By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 
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The Sallisaw Board of Education convened for its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the district’s administration building, approving a full slate of business measures ahead of the upcoming s...
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