GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A 70-year-old man will spend half a decade behind bars after he was found guilty of touching women and girls at a public pool inappropriately, according to the Office of the District Attorney for Gwinnett County.

The various incidents happened at a Lawrenceville swimming pool in April 2024.

The DA said a 12-year-old girl told her mom that a man she did not know grabbed her upper thigh while she was in the lazy river with her sister.

The man was identified as William Michael Hegwood.

The mother of the 12-year-old also saw him touch another girl "intentionally" and reported him to a lifeguard.

While the woman of the 12-year-old was making her complaints, more women and a teen reported similar situations they had experienced.

One woman said Hegwood touched her but

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