Rebecca Hood was a sixteen-year member of the Gordon County, Georgia, Board of Commissioners. She was also the Chair of the Commission from 2015 to 2022, when she retired. She and her husband have been arrested and charged with cruelty to children.
In 2021, the county sheriff’s office requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate allegations of physical and sexual abuse of their adopted children. They were arrested on October 31st.
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation: GBI Arrests Former Gordon County Commissioner and Her Husband in Child Abuse Investigation
- ANF: Former Gordon County commission chair, her husband arrested in child abuse case, GBI says
