An Alabama high school football coach faces seven more counts of sexual misconduct in Monroe County, three days after he was jailed on federal charges of sexual battery.
Dwight G. Bowling, 55, who coached at Smithville High School for 28 years, was arrested Friday at 1 a.m. on Sipsey Fork Road in Monroe County.
The Monroe County Sheriff”s Office plans to charge Bowling with three counts of fondling, two counts of sexual battery and two counts of child exploitation, according to Monroe County Sheriff Andy Hood.
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