PORTAL, Ga. – Authorities say an elementary school principal in southeast Georgia accused of trying to have sex with a teenager has been arrested.
Effingham County Sheriff's Investigator Joe Heath said that Paul David Hudson is accused of trying to solicit sex from someone who he believed to be a 15-year-old. The supposed teen was actually an undercover officer. Heath said Hudson drove to Effingham County on Thursday evening to meet the person, and was instead arrested.
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The Portal Elementary School principal is charged with criminal attempt to commit child molestation.
Bulloch County School Superintendent Charles Wilson says the 49-year-old Hudson has been suspended pending the complete legal proceedings. Hudson has been a principal since 2001.
Wilson says he appointed the school's assistant principal Laurie Mascolo as acting principal.