Wilkinson County, Georgia, teachers with issues: Rodney Hunter, Irwinton, Georgia (arrested Jan 2013) Cornelius Dontae Jones, Irwinton, Georgia (arrested Jan 2013) Cornelius Dontae Jones, 29, math teacher at Wilkinson County High School, Wilkinson County Board of Education, Irwinton, Georgia, "child molestation charge ... charges of sexual assault, aggravated sodomy and aggravated molestation" News Central GA: Wilkinson County Teacher Accused of Inappropriate Contact with Student (Jan 28 2013) Cornelius Dante Jones has been charged with child molestation and is being held at the Wilkinson County Law Enforcement Center. The alleged incident took place at Wilkinson County High School. 41 NBC: Wilkinson County Teacher Charged with Child Molestation (Jan 28 2013) A Wilkinson County teacher is charged with child molestation after investigators say he had "inappropriate contact" with a student at Wilkinson County High School. That's according to school spokesman Jonathan Jackson. Cornelius Dante Jones was arrested Monday evening by the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office. According to Jackson, Jones turned in his resignation earlier in the day Monday following the accusations. News Central GA: Wilkinson Teacher Faces Sexual Charges (Jan 29 2013) Cornelius Dontae Jones, 29, listened to the charges against him by Magistrate Vivian Cumming. The math teacher who has worked at the high school of the last two years was arrested Monday night on a child molestation charge. However, he's now also facing charges of sexual assault, aggravated sodomy and aggravated molestation. "Engaged in some behavior with a 15-year old student there that was not appropriate," Wilkinson County Sheriff Richard Chatman said ... It's alleged the student performed oral sex on Jones in his classroom. Tags:
Macon Telegraph: Two Wilkinson teachers charged with child molestation (Jan 29 2013) Two Wilkinson County High School teachers have been arrested on child molestation charges over the past two days, according to a news release. Both arrests are related, the news release stated. Cornelius Dante Jones, a math teacher at the high school, was charged Monday ... Sheriff’s officials questioned Jones earlier Monday after he allegedly had inappropriate contact with a student, according to an earlier news release. The sheriff’s office hasn’t said how the incidents are related. Jones submitted a letter of resignation ... Athens Banner-Herald: 2 Wilkinson Co. High School teachers arrested on molestation charges (Jan 29 2013) WJBF: 2 Ga. teachers arrested on molestation charges (Jan 29 2013) The Republic: 2 Wilkinson County teachers arrested on child molestation charges (Jan 29 2013) Athens Banner-Herald: 2 Wilkinson Co. High School teachers arrested on molestation charges (Jan 29 2013) WDEF: 2 Ga. teachers arrested on molestation charges (Jan 30 2013) 11 Alive: 2 teachers arrested on molestation charges (Jan 30 2013)
13 WMAZ: Wilkinson Teacher Held Without Bond (Jan 29 2013) After the brief hearing, Sheriff Richard Chatman said Jones is accused of inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old girl. He said video surveillance camera inside Jones' classroom captured some of the contact during several meetings between the two. He said it began as kissing and hugging, but progressed to oral sex on Jan. 22.
Macon Telegraph: More details emerge in Wilkinson High molestation charges (Jan 30 2013) Rodney J. Hunter, a 43-year-old Junior ROTC teacher at the school, was arrested Tuesday on a child molestation charge, which stemmed from an investigation into Cornelius Dante Jones, 29, a math teacher at the school who was charged Monday with child molestation ... Wilkinson County school Superintendent Aaron Geter said Wednesday that a teacher overheard a conversation about the involvement of the student with Jones and told officials in the school’s administration ... Sheriff’s investigators conducted extensive interviews with the female student and were able to view some of the evidence on video ... Chatman said there were several instances of inappropriate contact between Jones and the girl, including hugging, kissing and an instance of oral sex on Jan. 22. Those incidents were captured on video.
41 NBC: Wilkinson Schools Superintendent: Two Teachers Charged with Child Molestation is an 'Isolated Incident' (Jan 30 2013) Wednesday was a normal day for students at Wilkinson County High School, but two teachers won't return to their classrooms. On Monday, 29-year-old math teacher Cornelius Dante Jones (pictured right) was arrested and charged with child molestation, sexual assault, aggravated child molestation, and aggravated sodomy ... Geter tells 41 NBC an administrator reported the incident to the school district on Friday. The sheriff's office stepped in to investigate the allegations. "We went back and reviewed security footage from the classroom," Sheriff Richard Chatman said. "There's a lot of inappropriate teacher contact with the student." Chatman says cameras caught Jones and the 15-year-old student hugging, kissing, and performing sexual acts ... Both men are behind bars and a judge denied them bond ... Both teachers turned in their resignation to the school district and they are being held in the Wilkinson County jail.
