COFFEE COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) — A Coffee County firefighter is behind bars for alleged sexual battery against a child.

Forty-three-year-old William Jerry Minix II was arrested following an investigation by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Minix was booked into the Coffee County Jail on Oct. 9.

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Minix after allegations that he had inappropriate contact with a child under the age of 16. According to the GBI, Minix was employed as a Coffee County firefighter when the alleged contact occurred. The alleged contact did not occur while Minix was on duty.

The investigation remains active.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office at 912-384-4227 or the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas at 912-389-4103. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

According to the GBI, once the investigation is complete, the case will be forwarded to the Waycross Judicial Circuit for prosecution.

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