Boyfriend Convicted of Molesting 6-year-old Twins

A 47-year-old man was convicted Thursday of molesting the 6-year-old boy and girl twins of a woman he was dating, according to a news release by the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.

Gerald Bowen was found guilty of rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, child molestation and aggravated sexual battery. Sentencing for Bowen is scheduled for July 18 before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams, who presided over the case.

According to e-mail release from Fulton district attorney spokeswoman Yvette Brown, police were first called to the home of the children’s grandmother, who had temporary custody of them in June 2009.

The woman told police her granddaughter said Bowen touched her “down there” on four different occasions between January and May of 2009.

The girl’s twin brother later told investigators that Bowen had touched him as well.

During the period of molestation, the little girl told her mother about the sexual abuse, but the woman failed to call police. The mother pled guilty to child cruelty and testified against her boyfriend at trial. She was sentenced to five years in prison.

Detective S. Harrell of the College Park Police Department led the initial investigation in the case. The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Daysha Young of the Crimes Against Women and Children Unit with assistance from ADA Raquel Stokes and Senior DA Investigator Cindy Williamson.