Band Director Arrested Following School Sex Scandal

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Richmond County deputies arrested former Butler High School band director Anthony Shelton Friday afternoon.

Shelton faces several charges including child molestation.

He's accused of having sex with two teenage girls and making inappropriate comments to several other students.

Shelton resigned from his position at the school in March following allegations of misconduct that were not related to this sex scandal.

Investigators tell NBC Augusta they questioned several students and Shelton about his behavior before arresting him.

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Wednesday, Jul 23 at 1:05 AM Purple Sensation wrote ...

What in the world?? I know Mr.Shelton and I have worked with him and his family before and this comes as a shock for me.He's helped a lot people and for me to hear something like this is unbelieveable.I think this needs to be investigated a little further because something doesnt sound right.Keep your head up Mr.Shelton...

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Thursday, May 29 at 10:44 AM Free Mr Shelton wrote ...

If Mr Shelton was sending for notes for the young lady to be excused from class, where are the notes and where are the teachers who recieved them?

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Thursday, May 29 at 10:43 AM Free Mr Shelton wrote ...

It seems that there is a lot of additional information about this matter that is not being exposed. These young ladies are all friends and one of them was put out of the band by Mr. Shelton. Another one of these young ladies was recently suspended from school because she was late for Mr. Sheltons class and when she returned to school she started making allegations. Word on the street is that they wanted him gone some they could all be in the band next year

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