The former teacher was indicted on two counts of first-degree sodomy and seven counts of first-degree sexual abuse.
A victim came forward in December to make a report concerning sexual abuse, according to the Helena Police Department.
Detectives launched an investigation and named a suspect in the case, Richard Bailey Granger, a former teacher at Helena Middle School.The Shelby County School District confirmed Granger was a teacher at Helena Middle School and resigned in July 2021, but authorities say the allegations did not have any relation to his time at the school.
Granger was indicted by a Shelby County grand jury in August on two counts of first-degree sodomy and seven counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Granger was arrested in Florida by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on Monday on a fugitive arrest warrant connected to the grand jury indictments in Alabama.’s sister station in Panama City, Florida, confirmed Granger was employed by Bay District Schools for the 2022-2023 school year but is no longer employed by them.
Granger is currently being held by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office until he is picked up by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.GRAPHIC: Woman arrested after 29 horses found dead, around 45 dogs rescued from home, authorities sayMan who killed 2 women he met a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 is put to death
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