Crime & Safety

Man with 'Daddy' Tattoo Arrested

Charles Dean Cook remains in the Cherokee Adult Detention Center without bail.

A 40-year-old man with “Daddy” tattooed across his abdomen was arrested and charged with cruelty to children April 16.

Officer Stephanie Hudson of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office was called to Dunlavin Drive the previous night at approximately 9:57 p.m. after a complaint was made, according the incident report.

Hudson found Charles Dean Cook of Acworth in a domestic dispute with his son where the juvenile had obtained visible injuries from the attack.

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Cook faces charges of battery under the Family Violence Act, cruelty to children in the first degree and cruelty to children in the second degree. He remains in the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center without bail.


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