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Public learns of Calhoun prom assault

Three charged in sexual battery

photo Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson stands before reporters at a Wednesday afternoon news conference in Ellijay, Ga., where he announced the arrest of three men charged with sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery after an alleged incident at an after-prom party for Calhoun High School students.

Three charged with sexual battery

Onlookers didn’t stop it

photo Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson speaks at a news conference about the arrest of three men on sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery charges following an incident after the Calhoun High School prom. Standing with him are detectives Kirk Champion and Scott Camp.

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Graduation goes on

photo Students await graduation at Calhoun High School on May 23, 2014, in Calhoun, Ga. Blue ribbons were worn in support of one Calhoun senior who was allegedly raped by three of her classmates.

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A suspect suspect

photo Avery Johnson, Andrew Haynes and Fields Chapman, from left, appear before Gilmer County Superior Court Judge Amanda H. Mercier on October 23, 2014 in a sexual battery case from a Calhoun High School post prom party earlier this year.

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Three barred from graduation

photo Avery Johnson, Fields Chapman, and Andrew Haynes, from left, converse during a break while in Gilmer County Superior Court Judge Amanda H. Mercier’s courtroom on Thursday. The three are defendants in a sexual battery case from a Calhoun High School post prom party earlier this year.

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