NewsForce(@Newsforce):🇺🇸Central Alabama Pride president Dezmond Turner, a Shelby County school aide, was arrested Wednesday on sexual misconduct and 2 felony counts of child abuse/torture. Arrest records say he grabbed a victim’s crotch and buttocks on several occasions in December 2023, then in late August and early September slammed a child’s head into a school-bus wall and slapped the child’s face while pressing it against the wall. He was released on $32K bond and has resigned as Pride president.

2026.09.20 19:39

🇺🇸Central Alabama Pride president Dezmond Turner, a Shelby County school aide, was arrested Wednesday on sexual misconduct and 2 felony counts of child abuse/torture. Arrest records say he grabbed a victim’s crotch and buttocks on several occasions in December 2023, then in late August and early September slammed a child’s head into a school-bus wall and slapped the child’s face while pressing it against the wall. He was released on $32K bond and has resigned as Pride president.