Oakwood man charged with aggravated child molestation

Joshua Richards (Oakwood Police Department)

A 30-year-old Hall County man has been charged with aggravated child molestation. 

According to the Oakwood Police Department, Joshua Richards was arrested after a 3-year-old girl told her grandmother that he had been "touching her private parts and wanted him to stop."  

Investigators say arrest warrants were taken out for Richards after conducting a forensic interview with the toddler. 

Richards was arrested at his home. 

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