Alma, GA: Ex-Bacon bus monitor charged, GBI says

Credit: Danny / Any County News · Source: GBI press release, Oct. 13, 2026.

ALMA, GA - The GBI charged Jerry Alvin Sweat, 70, of Alma, a former Bacon County Schools bus monitor, with exhibiting harmful materials to minors. He turned himself in Oct. 13 and was booked into the Bacon County Jail, GBI said.

Bacon County School District Police asked GBI to investigate on Oct. 7 after allegations he displayed pornographic material to children under 16 while working as a bus monitor. The Bacon County School Board had already terminated him before the arrest. Tips: GBI Douglas 912-389-4103.

An arrest is not a conviction. Everyone is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. No minors are named or shown.

Charged, not convicted.

Sources: GBI, Oct 13 2026

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