A former Glenn Hills physical education paraprofessional convicted in a case involving children at school and an Augusta trampoline park has been sentenced to another decade behind bars. The new sentence adds a major development to a case that began with an unusual foot-licking allegation and expanded into multiple child-molestation counts.
Richmond County Superior Court Judge Amanda Heath imposed 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation, according to The Augusta Press. The sentence will run concurrently with a separate 10-year Columbia County sentence Rollins was already serving, meaning the terms will overlap rather than stack end-to-end.
Eight Counts Spanned School And Trampoline Park Allegations
Seven of the counts involved alleged touching of girls at Glenn Hills, while the eighth stemmed from an Urban Air incident involving a 7-year-old boy. Earlier court reporting by WRDW/WAGT described the indictment as containing eight felony child-molestation counts.
According to the Augusta Press, Rollins allegedly asked the boy to remove his socks, tickled his feet and licked them at the trampoline park. Children later came forward after Rollins was removed from the school, where he had worked for several months during 2022.
WSB-TV reported that Rollins was placed on unpaid administrative leave on January 17, 2023, and resigned from the Richmond County School System on February 11. He was 29 when the latest sentence was imposed.
The Case Expanded While Rollins Was Out On Bond
While free on a $38,700 Richmond County bond, Rollins was accused of approaching a 12-year-old boy outside the boy’s Grovetown home in May 2023 and asking to see his feet. In that Columbia County case, he later pleaded guilty to attempted child molestation and received 10 years, with seven years in confinement and three years on probation, as reported by WRDW/WAGT.
An Augusta Judicial Center calendar published by the city listed Rollins’ Richmond County child-molestation case among active criminal matters in June. The latest sentence resolves that separate set of charges while leaving Rollins with overlapping prison and probation terms from the two counties.
Parole Consideration Could Come In 2027
Rollins received credit for time served and is housed at Riverbend Correctional Facility in Milledgeville, according to The Augusta Press. The outlet reported that he could become eligible for parole consideration late in 2027.
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles says most parole-eligible inmates are considered after serving one-third of their prison sentence, but consideration does not guarantee release. The board makes parole decisions at its discretion, with eligibility rules depending on the offenses and sentence involved.
