Liberty Professor Charged With Sexual Battery, Kidnapping

Liberty University has suspended a sign language professor that was recently jailed on sexual battery and kidnapping charges. Jail records show William Atwell, 58, was booked in the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center on Nov. 20 after Liberty University police arrested him on charges of sexual battery, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and kidnapping, a Class 5 felony. He was released Nov. 29 on $3,000 bond and is due back in Lynchburg General District Court on Jan. 25 of next year, according to court records.