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UPDATE: McEachern Coach Released on Bond
Terence Tarpley, 33, was released on bond after turning himself into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. He currently coaches at McEachern High School and previously coached at Campbell High School.
UPDATE: The McEachern coach police say had an off-campus sexual relationship with an adult female student has been released on $5,000 bond, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Terence Tarpley, 33, of Marietta turned himself in at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center Thursday. He was bonded out shortly after midnight Friday.
June 28: Cobb police believe that Terence Tarpley, a teacher and coach at , had an off-campus sexual relationship with an adult female student earlier this year.
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Tarpley, 33, of Powder Springs, is charged with sexual assault and is expected to turn himself into authorities today, according to a news release from Cobb police. Jail records indicated that he was not in custody as of 5:30 p.m.
Tarpley coaches the defensive backs for the McEachern football team and is the head girls track and field coach, the school’s website says. He is a native of Atlanta; has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Marshall University, where he played football and ran track; is a former Campbell High coach; and has a wife and two small children.
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Anyone who has information about the case or believes they know someone who could have been a victim is asked to call Cobb police’s Crimes Against Persons Unit at 770-499-3945.
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