
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Scotts Hill police officer on charges of soliciting a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Jonathan Henley was arrested in Henderson County on Friday and released Sunday on $25,000 bond. After being booked in Henderson County, he was transferred to Weakley County for protection because he is a local police officer, a Henderson County jail official said.
Henley is accused of sending text messages to a 15-year-old girl in May asking for sex, according to a complaint filed against him in Henderson County General Sessions Court on Monday.
Efforts to reach Henley for comment were not immediately successful this afternoon.
In a phone interview, a woman who identified herself as his mother but refused to give her full name said Henley's family wants to fight the charges.
Scotts Hill Police Chief Jessie Powers was not immediately available for comment today.
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