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GREENSBORO GROUP HOME EMPLOYEE HAS HISTORY OF ACCUSATIONS OF CHILD-SEX CRIMES, COURT HEARING REVEALS
September 11, 2019
Danielle Battaglia
Greensboro
GREENSBORO — It was revealed in court Wednesday that the employee alleged to have improperly touched a minor at a group home for troubled youth — co-owned by Deputy Police Chief James Hinson — has a history of being accused of sex crimes with underage children.
On Monday, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office charged Richard Vernell Heath with one count of statutory sex offense and two counts of indecent liberties with a child, according to court records. Heath, 51, was arrested Tuesday and is facing life in prison