North Fulton Teacher Charged With Child Molestation

ROSWELL, GA — A Chattahoochee High School teacher has been arrested and charged with child molestation, the Roswell Police Department said. Preston Paris, 32, a teacher and coach at the school in Johns Creek, was taken into custody Monday, Oct. 1 and charged with child molestation, statutory rape and enticing a child for indecent purposes, the agency said.

Roswell police detectives were contacted last week by their counterparts with the Cobb County Police Department related to an investigation involving an underage victim. That investigation revealed that the alleged crimes occurred in Roswell's city limits.

Roswell detectives worked with Fulton County School Police officers to take Paris "into custody as quickly as possible," the department said.

Fulton County Schools spokesperson Cierra Boyd said Paris, who taught social studies for two years with FCS, is no longer employed with the system.

"Given the allegations he was immediately separated from our district," she added.

Roswell police ask that additional victims to contact the police department at (770) 640-4100.

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