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Antioch High School Wrestling Coach Charged With Sexual Battery
Jerome Dooley, a wrestling coach at Antioch, is alleged to have touched a student's buttocks and grabbed his own crotch.
ANTIOCH, TN — Jerome Dooley, a 41-year-old science teacher and wrestling coach at Antioch High School, was booked into jail Wednesday on one count sexual battery of sexual battery by an authority figure.
Dooley was suspended with pay by Metro Nashville Public Schools September 20, 2016, after he allegedly grabbed a student's buttocks. The day before that, he was accused of grabbing his crotch in front of another student.
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In November, Director of Schools Shawn Joseph informed Dooley he would be suspended without pay through the duration of the investigation.
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