Superintendent: Newberry coach created volatile situation

(L-r) Assistant State Attorney Bruce Helling, Union County Deputy Travis Rimes and defense attorney Dan Sikes view a video of Rimes engaging Geronnie Rollins during an Oct. 29, 2021, football game in Lake Butler.

Union County Superintendent of Schools Mike Ripplinger said a Newberry High School football coach created “a volatile situation that was about to explode at any moment” during a football game on Oct. 29, 2021. On Sept. 7, a six-member jury convicted Geronnie Rollins of trespassing, resisting an officer and interfering with a school function for…

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