Former Coffee County Jail Officer James Avery Dixon has been placed on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry after pleading guilty earlier this month to one count of sexual battery.
Dixon was arrested in August 2015 and charged with three counts of sexual assault by a person with supervisory or disciplinary authority and one count of violation of oath by a public officer. Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation stated at that time that the arrest occurred after Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten contacted the GBI’s Douglas office to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by Dixon that were made by a female inmate at the Coffee County Jail.
Dixon pleaded guilty earlier this month to a reduced count of sexual battery (a misdemeanor) and one count of felony violation of oath of office. He received 12 months probation on the sexual battery charge and five years probation for violation of oath of office. He was also given a six-month suspended sentence at a probation detention center should he violate any of the conditions of his probation.
Dixon’s profile was recently added to the Coffee County Sheriff Office’s sex offender website, which can be located here.
