A couple from Carmen has been charged with child sexual abuse.

Charles William Woods, 44, and Erica Dawn Woods, 43, both of Carmen, have each been charged in Alfalfa County with sexual abuse – child under 12, a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment not exceeding life, or by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Court records show on Dec. 8, 2021, Alfalfa County Sheriff Rick Wallace told District Attorney’s Investigator Steve Tanio he had received a child sexual abuse complaint against the Woods couple. The complaint came from a Police...