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Elderly Georgia Jail Guard Charged with Committing Rape While On Duty and In Uniform
Loaded on July 18, 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
by Jo Ellen Nott
On May 31, 2022, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) agents announced the arrest of an 81-year-old jail guard in Walker County who allegedly “had sex with a woman without her consent while on duty and in uniform,” according to the agency’s press release.
The guard, Jerry ...
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