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FDLE arrests Madison County High School teacher for sexual battery

 
For Immediate Release
May 15, 2014
 
MADISON, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Tallahassee Regional Operations Center yesterday arrested Geoffrey Walter Hill, 42, on one count of sexual battery by person in custodial authority. 
 
FDLE agents began investigating Hill after receiving a complaint from an individual alleging to have been sexually abused by Hill.  Hill is a band instructor at Madison County High School and was suspended by the Madison County School District Superintendent upon his arrest.
 
Hill was booked into the Madison County Jail on $250,000 bond.  This case will be prosecuted by the Office of the State Attorney, Third Judicial Circuit. 
 
Agents believe there may be additional unidentified victims.  Anyone with information about this case or Geoffrey Walter Hill is urged to contact the FDLE Live Oak Field Office at (386) 330-2840.
 
For Further Information Contact:
Gretl Plessinger, Samantha Andrews or Steve Arthur
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001

 

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