OZARK, Ala (WDNews) – The Ozark Police Department has arrested Joe Buck Newsome on September 1, 2024, in connection with multiple charges of sexual assault involving a minor. Newsome faces the following charges:
1- count of first-degree
2- counts of second-degree rape
2- counts of second-degree sodomy
1- count of first-degree sodomy
Newsome is currently being held in the Dale County Jail on a $180,000 bond. According to the Ozark Department of Public Safety, “No further information can be provided at this time, as the investigation is still ongoing and the case sensitivity involving a minor.”