UPDATE: Ex-firefighter will appeal his 2023 Dawson County conviction on child abuse charges - Dawson County News

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UPDATE: Ex-firefighter will appeal his 2023 Dawson County conviction on child abuse charges

Public defender Jake Shapiro, left, and John Weisgerber, center right, listen as Judge Clint Bearden explains the terms of Weisgerber’s sentence during a Dawson County Superior Court hearing on May 26, 2023. - photo by Julia Hansen

Weisgerber 1 — Public defender Jake Shapiro, left, and John Weisgerber, center right, listen as Judge Clint Bearden explains the terms of Weisgerber’s sentence during a Dawson County Superior Court hearing on May 26, 2023. - photo by Julia Hansen

A former Forsyth County firefighter convicted on multiple child abuse charges in Dawson County will now appeal his case to the state’s Court of Appeals, according to a notice filed Jan. 24, 2024.