Crime & Safety

Accused Elementary School Principal Scheduled in DeKalb County Court

John McGill, 56, of Villa Rica is principal at Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Douglasville, Ga. He faces charges that he sought out sex with minors.

John McGill, the principal of Mt. Carmel Elementary who was arrested on child sex charges over the weekend, will appear before a judge on Tuesday.

The AJC reports that McGill, 56, is scheduled in front of a DeKalb County Magistrate Court judge at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 4.

McGill, who has been suspended by Douglas County Schools pending the investigation, was one of 14 arrested by the GBI  by undercover agents in “Operation Broken Heart”  and charged with seeking sex with a child. The GBI announced the arrests Sunday.

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