Area Football Coach Facing Sex Charge

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office says it has arrested 51-year-old Dwight R. Graham III of Malta on a sexual battery charge. 

On Wednesday the Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Washington County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Task Force and Morgan County Children’s Services arrested Graham who lives at 6111 Tridelphia Road. 

On Thursday a preliminary hearing was held in Morgan County Court where Graham’s case was bound over to a Grand Jury.  HIs bond is continued at $100,000. 

The Sheriff’s Office says Graham is an assistant Morgan High School Football coach and an assistant Morgan Junior HIgh Track Coach. He is also a local business owner. 

No other details were released about the case which remains under investigation. Graham is being held in the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail.