Former Ashe County Commissioner Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Charges

Former Ashe County Commissioner Larry C. Dix, age 69, has plead guilty to four counts of indecent liberties with a child in Ashe County Superior Court.

Dix was arrested last August for offenses that took place between July 2019 and June 2020.
Dix served l on the Ashe County Board of Commissioners from 2018 until his resignation on Sept. 9. He also served as head coach of the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams at Ashe County High School from 2011 to the summer of 2020.

The charges were consolidated into two judgments of 13 to 25 months each, for a total of 26 to 50 months, and the sentence suspended. Dix was placed on supervised probation.

The plea arrangement also states that Dix must register as a sex offender for a period of 30 years.