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Wagoner Co. officials: Fmr. Tulsa County deputy arrested for first degree rape of 11-year-old girl

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A former Tulsa County deputy was arrested this week, accused of raping a young girl, says Wagoner County authorities.

The suspect, Josh Woods, was hired by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office in 2013 as a detention officer and later resigned as a deputy in January of 2016, as per a spokesperson with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.

Woods is accused of inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl claiming he could “teach her” about sex, reports Wagoner County officials. He has been booked on first degree rape by instrumentation committed on a person under the age of 14.