Shady Cove man indicted for sexually abusing preteen – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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Shady Cove man indicted for alleged sex abuse of child By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Jun 08, 2022 01:40 PM A A A Jackson County grand jury indicted a local school bus monitor Tuesday on charges of sexually abusing a preteen child. The suspect, Jimmy Dean Gairson, 46, of Shady Cove, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree sexual penetration. Gairson has been held in the Jackson County Jail on $250,000 bail since his arrest by sheriff’s deputies Friday. Conditions of release include no contact with minors, GPS monitoring and polygraph testing on request. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday the charges are unrelated to his position as a school bus monitor. The abuse is alleged to have occurred while the victim lived in Gairson’s home in Shady Cove. Gairson was employed by the bus contracting company First Student as a school bus monitor for the Central Point School District at the time of his arrest last week. “Gairson was not employed directly by the school district, and at this time there is no information to suggest he victimized children as a result of his employment with First Student,” according to the sheriff’s office. Anyone with information about the suspect was asked to call the sheriff’s office Tip Line at 541-774-8333 and refer to case number 22-2263.