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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Monday announced the indictment of a former Cheatham County deputy on felony sex charges.
Jeremy Ryan Ethridge, an ex-sergeant with the Cheatham County Sheriff s Department, was arrested Monday on two counts of sexual battery, the TBI reported.
According to TBI officials, on Sept. 4, 23rd District Attorney General Ray Crouch requested TBI agents to investigate allegations of sexual battery by an off-duty sergeant.
During the course of the investigation, the TBI reported, agents developed information around Aug. 29 that Ethridge, 37, was responsible for inappropriately touching a female without her consent.
On May 3rd, the Cheatham County Grand Jury indicted Ethridge on the sexual battery charges.
TBI s Annual Crime On Campus Study Shows Decrease, But COVID Was Prime Factor Friday, April 30, 2021
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Friday released its annual Crime on Campus publication, detailing the volume and nature of crime on Tennessee’s college and university campuses.
The report compiles data submitted to TBI through the state’s Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is obvious throughout the 2020 statistics, as students, staff, and faculty spent – in most cases – less time on college and university campuses.
Among the report’s findings:
Crime reported by Tennessee’s colleges and universities decreased by 33.5 percent from 2019 to 2020 and decreased overall by 40.6 percent since 2017.