A man still on probationary status with the Trion Volunteer Fire Department has been relieved of his duties after his arrest on various sex-related charges. James Dillon Hayes of Ridgeland Road, Trion, was arrested Wednesday charged with aggravated child molestion, child molestation, statutory rape and sexual battery, according to Caroline Cobb, investigator with the Chattooga County Sheriff's Department. Cobb said, 20-year-old Hayes was arrested at Chattooga High School after allegedly going there to see a 14-year-old girl he is accused of being involved with sexually for a couple of weeks. Teachers reportedly asked Hayes to leave the school, then discovered there had been inappropriate behavior between him and the 14-year-old, possibly in his vehicle at the school. The age of consent in Georgia is 16, according to Cobb. Hayes had been serving a probationary period with the Trion Volunteer Fire Department, which is standard for new volunteers, according to Fire Chief Jimmy Anderson. When the department became aware of his arrest, Hayes was relieved of his volunteer duties.







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