🚨BREAKING: A Georgia sheriff’s sergeant who posed for the cameras with a “God & Family” sign just got sentenced for horrific crimes against a child in his family.
Meet Michael Scott Dorough, 46 — a former sergeant with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested in March after Jones County investigators, with help from Bibb County, built a case charging him with inc*st, first-degree cruelty to children, child m*lestation, aggravated child m*lestation, and influencing witnesses.
Dorough pleaded guilty — but only to three counts of inc*st. The m*lestation charges were dropped as part of the plea deal. He was sentenced to 60 years, with the first 30 to be served in prison, and he must register as a s*x offender.
The victim is a female juvenile family member he had s*xual intercourse with between Jan 2024–Dec 2025, which resulted in a pregnancy and a birth.
His wife, Ashley Dorough, 40, was charged alongside him with first-degree cruelty to children and influencing witnesses. She also pleaded guilty, but as a first offender under Georgia law, meaning her record is sealed.
Ashley’s Facebook, meanwhile, features “faith” posts about Philippians 4:13, and a beach photos with the husband she was helping cover for.
The Ocmulgee DA’s office said the plea brings some measure of justice and closure to the victims and their families.
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