David Gibson has been indicted on 14 counts, including 11 felonies.
SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::
A grand jury on Sept. 15 handed down a 14-count indictment against David Gibson, formerly the captain of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Division.
Gibson was on Sept. 10, 2015, arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on criminal ten warrants obtained one day prior by Special Agent Jared Coleman.
The true bill issued Sept. 15 by a Spalding County grand jury included the following charges related to the original charges for which he was arrested – one count of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated sexual battery, one count of public indecency, one count of sexual battery, one count of simple battery and one count of violation of oath by public officer.
In addition, Gibson was also charged with seven additional counts of violation of oath by a public officer related to other alleged criminal and other acts.
Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Scott Ballard previously estimated Gibson’s criminal case may be ready for trial as soon as October.
Gibson, Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam and Spalding County are also the subjects of six federal civil rights law suits, five filed by current of former SCSO employees and one civilian.
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