He faces three counts of sexual battery on a minor younger than 12 and a count of lewd molestation.

PCSO Special Victims Unit detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Mendez on Nov. 27, 2014, when the man was 23.

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Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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