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MORGAN COUNTY-The Morgan County sheriff’s Department issued a statement concerning the arrest of an 80-year-old man who has been charged with Sex Abuse of a Child Under 12:
“On Thursday, March 24, 2022 Morgan County Sheriff Deputies arrested Donald Gurley Conley, 80 of Joppa, Alabama on a warrant for Rape 1st Degree. Conley was arrested at a home on Hulaco Rd without incident. The warrant stems from a 2019 investigation into a report involving the sex abuse of a child under 12. The subject was transported to and booked in the Morgan county Jail. Bond 15,000.00.
Arrests are public information. Any indication of an individual’s arrest does not imply they have been convicted of a crime. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Bond, if applicable, is set by the courts utilizing the bond schedule passed by the legislature.”