Church deacon, teacher arrested for reportedly kicking children off bus, leaving them on side of road

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB/Gray News) — A deacon for a church in Georgia, who is also a teacher, is facing charges after allegedly kicking a group of young kids off his bus and leaving them on the side of the road.According to the incident report from the Albany Police Department, officers were called on Sunday, Oct. 11, to Oakridge Baptist Church. When officers got there, they talked to a woman who said her three children (ages 12, 11, and 9) and their 10-year-old friend who they had invited to church, had been kicked off the church bus.She reported that her mother called her and told her the church deacon, Erin Menefee, had called and said he had put the kids off the bus because they were cursing.The mom said she was told Menefee left the kids at an intersection about three miles away. She said it was too far for the kids to walk home. The mom says she got in her car and went looking for her kids, but couldn’t find them. She did, however, spot the church bus on the road and tried to flag it d