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Coach charged with sexual battery
Warrants allege Jeffers intentionally touched students on campus
Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
A Dawson County teacher remains
behind bars after being arrested Thursday
for alleged sexual crimes.
James Gregory Jeffers, 49, of
Dahlonega, was arrested Dec. 2 and has
since been charged with two counts of
felony sexual battery, according to news
releases from the Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office.
Jeffers is a teacher and coach at
Dawson County Junior High
School. He has been employed
with Dawson County Schools for
2.5 years, according to Tiffany
Davis, the executive assistant for
Superintendent Damon Gibbs.
One warrant for Jeffers’ arrest
alleges that between the dates of
Nov. 15 and Nov. 19, 2021, he
committed an act of sexual bat
tery when he intentionally made contact
with the backside of a child younger than
16 who was also a DCJH student. The
offense was reported to have
occurred at the junior high school.
A second warrant alleges that
between Nov. 1 and Nov. 15,
Jeffers touched the backside of
another underage student on two
separate occasions at the school.
“The Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office continues to work with par
ents and school officials to further investi
gate and potentially identify any addition
al criminal acts,” stated the DCSO
release.
Currently, Jeffers remains in the custo
dy of the Dawson County Detention
Center.
“An investigation is underway, and we
are cooperating fully with Sheriff Johnson
and his team,” said Superintendent Gibbs
in a Friday statement. “The staff member
has been placed on administrative leave
until the investigation is complete. No
further comments can be made concern
ing the personnel issue at this point.”
DCN will provide updates on this case
as more information becomes available.
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Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
Local businesses, groups and individuals showcased their creativity in the 2021 Dawsonville Christmas Parade
on Dec. 4.
City, chamber kick off season with parade, Jingle Market, tree lighting
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Dec. 4, hundreds of
people came to downtown
Dawsonville to watch the
Christmas parade, shop in
the Jingle Market and par
ticipate in the tree lighting
ceremony during the city’s
ninth annual Christmas
event.
The event kicked off at 4
p.m. with the city’s annual
Christmas parade.
Spectators lined the streets
as dozens of groups, busi
nesses and individuals
drove colorful decorated
floats around downtown
Dawsonville and down the
first part of highway 53,
shouting “Merry
Christmas”, waving and
throwing candy and other
goodies to the children
watching.
From 4 to 8 p.m., local
vendors set up in front of
Dawsonville City Hall to
participate in the Dawson
County Chamber of
Commerce Jingle Market,
allowing attendees to go
from booth to booth shop
ping for unique Christmas
gifts, decorations and much
more. Also during the event,
families were able to take
photos with Santa and pur
chase concessions from sev
eral food trucks at the farm
ers market pavilion.
At 6 p.m., Dawson
County Chamber of
Commerce President
Mandy Power presented
awards to some of the best
floats in the Christmas
parade and prizes to the
winners of a competition
allowing local students to
decorate the windows of the
city hall and the Georgia
Racing Hall of Fame.
Then Dawsonville City
Council Member Will Illg
and Brian Haas, lead pastor
of Local Church Dawson,
introduced the annual tree
lighting. Everyone in atten
dance participated in count
ing down from 10, cheering
and clapping as the giant
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Woman dead
after husband’s
murder/suicide
Nick Watson
DCN Regional Staff
A Gainesville lawyer and a Dawson
County woman were found dead Sunday in a
suspected domestic-related murder-suicide,
according to authorities.
Dawson County Sheriff’s Office deputies
responded about 9:47 p.m. Nov. 28 to a
home on Sams Road in Dawson County
after a report of gunshots.
Jenny Adam, 50, of Dawson County, and
James Adam, 62, of Hall County, were found
dead, according to Dawson County Sheriff
Jeff Johnson.
Both were supposed to be in Superior
Court Judge Clint Bearden’s courtroom
Tuesday, Nov. 30, for a divorce hearing.
“At this point, it does appear that James
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County hosts
Breakfast With
Santa event
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On the morning of Saturday Dec. 4, dozens
of local families flocked to Rock Creek Park
in Dawson County to participate in the 2021
Breakfast With Santa event hosted by
Dawson County Parks and Rec.
The event ran from 8 to 11 a.m. and con
sisted of free activities for children, photos
with Santa, breakfast and local vendors.
See Santa 16A
Erica Jones Dawson County News
Children decorate Christmas tree orna
ments during the 2021 Breakfast With
Santa event at Rock Creek Park on Dec. 4.
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