Former Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Student

LAFAYETTE, GA — A former Northwest Georgia teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a student enrolled at a Walker County high school.

Deputies with the Walker County Sheriff's Office and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents on Monday arrested Rodney Dewayne Mann, 43, a former educator at Ridgeland High School. Mann is charged with one count of sexual assault by an authority figure and one count of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug-related items, the GBI said.

The state was requested by the Walker County Sheriff's Office to investigate an allegation that Mann assaulted a 16-year-old female student who was enrolled at the high school.

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Based on information obtained during the investigation, the GBI executed a search warrant at Mann’s home located in the 1600 block of Ridgeway Road in LaFayette. Details uncovered early in the investigation led to the former educator's arrest, the GBI added. He was booked into the Walker County Jail without incident, the GBI said.

Mann resigned from the Walker County School System on Friday, June 1. He had been employed at Ridgeland High School for eight years, the GBI added.

The investigation remains active and anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI's Calhoun Office at 706-624-1424.

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