Our NBC news partners at WTOC are reporting Chatham County Sheriff's
Deputies along with investigators arrested Lieutenant Rick Hall Friday night.
Hall is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, according to the
Sheriff's Office. He was arrested and charged with aggravated child
molestation. A search warrant was conducted at his residence on Wilmington
Island late Friday evening.
According to the Sheriff's Office, Hall is suspended without pay pending
further investigation. He is currently being held at the Chatham County
Detention Center awaiting arraignment.
The investigation was a joint effort between the CCSO and the District
Attorney's Office, with technical assistance from the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation.
Records at the Chatham County jail show Hall is being held without bond.
Hall joined the CCSO in 1985 and has been a lieutenant since 2007.
Chief Deputy Roy Harris and Sheriff Al St Lawrence will speak about the
matter at a press conference on Monday, Dec. 23rd.