Gravette nurse arrested on sexual indecency charges
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Updated: 8:25 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
Gravette nurse arrested on sexual indecency charges
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Updated: 8:25 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
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BY RACIAL AND ETHNIC BIAS..AND BUILD AN EQUITABLE AND JUST SOCIETY. NEW TONIGHT - A GRAVETTE NURSE IS ACCUSED OF EXPOSING HIMSELF TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10. 45 year old JEFFREY OTTS WAS BOOKED INTO THE BENTON COUNTY JAIL EARLIER THIS MONTH ON FELONY CHARGES OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD. THE BENTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING. IN A PROBABLE CAUSE REPORT, JEFFREY OTTS ADMITTED TO police that he was DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND APPROACHING GROUPS OF GIRLS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD. HE TOLD POLICE THAT HE EXPOSED HIS GENITALS TO children AND MADE INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS TO THEM. ON JANUARY 5TH OTTS WAS ARRESTED BY GRAVETTE POLICE THIS - AFTER A WOMAN REPORTED THAT HIS CAR WAS SEEN DRIVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HER DAUGHTER OF WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE AND TOOK A PHOTO OF HER. A WEEK LATER, OTTS CAR WAS SEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN HE WAS PULLED OVER BY POLICE AND TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING. OTTS WAS A NURSE AT OZARKS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL... WHICH MEANS HE WAS A MANDATED REPORTER BY LAW. HOSPITAL OFFICIALS Tell 40/29 news THAT HIS EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN TERMINATED áWE SPOKE TO OTT'S WIFE. S