Atlanta deputy Rylee Conner Willis was arrested after allegedly sending nude pictures to teens

An Atlanta-area sheriff’s deputy was charged with child molestation after allegedly sending nude photos and videos of himself to two teens.

Rylee Conner Willis, a deputy in the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested Thursday after allegedly sending “elicit” messages to a girl under 16 and another teenage victim, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Willis, 21, was charged with felony two counts each of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes, according to police officials.

The sheriff’s office said in a statement to the AJC that Willis was a probationary employee at the time of the incidents and no longer works at the department.

“Under GCSO policy, entry-level sworn and non-sworn employees must complete two years of probationary status before being granted permanent status. At the time of the incident, Willis was employed in a probationary status and is no longer employed by the agency,” the statement said.

He allegedly began sending the sordid messages in 2023, and the victims are now aged 14 and 15, the AJC reported.

He was arrested and booked in county jail late Thursday after a parent discovered the messages on his daughter’s phone.

Willis began working at the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office in March 2025, prior to that he worked as a jailer at the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, where he started working in July 2022.