(MURFREESBORO) A 25-year old volunteer wrestling coach at Blackman High School was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center and charged with five counts of felony sexual contact by an authority figure with a minor. Byron Smith of Murfreesboro is free after posting $20,000 bond.
In a statement from the Rutherford County School System, they received the allegations on Feb. 23, 2023, and Smith was suspended from all coaching duties that day.
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UPDATED: (MURFREESBORO) A 27-year-old assistant wrestling coach at Blackman High School was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center under multiple charges. According to information from an upcoming court date the reported assistant coach, who is reported to be a volunteer, was charged with five counts of sexual contact with a minor by an authority figure (39-13-509). Murfreesboro resident Byron Smith was investigated and arrested by Detective Amanda McPherson with the .
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