Monte Gale SalyerA Dalton State College professor has been arrested for a second time in less than two weeks on child molestation charges, authorities say.
Monte Gale Salyer, 58, surrendered without incident Wednesday at his home on Marran Drive in Rocky Face, Ga., according to a statement from the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies first arrested Salyer, an associate professor of English at Dalton State, on Jan. 27 on a charge of fondling an 8-year-old female relative, the statement said. After further investigation, the sheriff’s department learned that Salyer, who was on leave from the college before his first arrest, is suspected of also victimizing other girls, according to the statement.
In addition to the original count of child molestation, Salyer has been charged with two counts of aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, two counts of aggravated sodomy and two counts of statutory rape.
In connection with the new charges, investigators contacted a Tennessee girl, now 16, who told them Salyer had abused her on a regular basis during her early childhood. He had befriended her family at church and offered to assist in her education, the sheriff’s statement said.