The wife of an Anderson man accused of molesting his two daughters is being charged with helping to conceal her husband’s alleged crimes. Shasta County Sheriff’s Detectives started investigating 47-year-old Joel Darrell Lockwood in July. They say he sexually abused the girls when they were between the ages of 10 and 16 at the family’s home on Pheasant Drive in Anderson. Lockwood was arrested in August on 12 counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child. He was freed on $250,000 bail. Detectives continued to investigate and arrested Lockwood again last week on 24 additional counts, for which he was arraigned Tuesday. This time his bail was set at a Million Dollars, which he again posted and he remains out of custody. The Sheriff’s Office says his wife, Deborah Lockwood, was told of the abuse by the victims but did nothing to stop it. She’ll face charges of child endangerment. Both victims are now adults.
-Steve Gibson