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Former Fentress Co Corrections Officer Arrested For Statutory Rape

A former Fentress County corrections officer indicted on one count of Statutory Rape and Aggravated Burglary following a TBI investigation Friday.

According to the investigation results, Nicholas Alexander St. John met a juvenile at York Institute and engaged in sexual activity in an abandoned house of school property. St. John was employed by the Fentress County Sheriff’s Office at the time of the crime.

St. John was arrested and booked into the Fentress County Jail on a $5,000 bond. The investigation came at the request of District Attorney General Jared Effler in October 2021.

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