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Georgia sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search [View all]
Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/fahrenthold
Georgia sheriff who ordered pat-down searches of every student in a high school has now been indicted for sexual battery and false imprisonment.
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Ga. sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search
Brad Schrade The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
5:32 p.m Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017
A south Georgia grand jury indicted Worth County Sheriff Jeff Hobby on Tuesday for sexual battery, false imprisonment and violation of oath of office after he ordered a school-wide search of hundreds of high school students. Deputies allegedly touched girls vaginas and breasts and groped boys in their groin area during the search at the Worth County High School April 14.
Two of Hobby’s deputies were also indicted Tuesday in connection with the case.
The controversial search drew national attention because of how the body search of students was conducted under the guise of a drug search, but produced no drugs or arrests.
The Worth County indictment accuses Hobby of one count of violating his oath of office and two counts of false imprisonment — all felonies charges. He was also indicted on one count of sexual battery, a misdemeanor.
Brad Schrade The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
5:32 p.m Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017
A south Georgia grand jury indicted Worth County Sheriff Jeff Hobby on Tuesday for sexual battery, false imprisonment and violation of oath of office after he ordered a school-wide search of hundreds of high school students. Deputies allegedly touched girls vaginas and breasts and groped boys in their groin area during the search at the Worth County High School April 14.
Two of Hobby’s deputies were also indicted Tuesday in connection with the case.
The controversial search drew national attention because of how the body search of students was conducted under the guise of a drug search, but produced no drugs or arrests.
The Worth County indictment accuses Hobby of one count of violating his oath of office and two counts of false imprisonment — all felonies charges. He was also indicted on one count of sexual battery, a misdemeanor.
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