RINGGOLD, Ga. – The first day in the Tonya Craft child molestation trial – a day that involved nothing but jury selection – is over.
Roll call of potential jurors in the trial of the former Chickamauga Elementary School kindergarten teacher began in a packed courtroom this morning. In the afternoon, the court began the process of selecting jurors, but a jury was not finalized.
Mrs. Craft faces 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated child molestation and child molestation involving three children.
She has maintained her innocence since she was charged on June 11, 2008.
In a local television interview, she said she has lost her job, home and custody of her two children since the charges were filed.