sexual battery

UPDATE: Traveling Evangelist Based in Murfreesboro Remains Behind Bars After Wife Filed for Divorce

Jun 05, 2024 at 06:36 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN – UPDATE - While the last plea hearing for a traveling evangelist facing 7 counts of aggravated rape of a child was continued, the new date for a plea.... Read More

Former Rutherford Co. Corrections Officer Charged with Sexual Battery Against a Juvenile

Jul 31, 2023 at 07:37 pm by WGNS News

  CANNON COUNTY – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into allegations of sexual battery against a juvenile has resu.... Read More

Man Convicted in 2015 Murder and Rape of a Murfreesboro Woman Denied Appeal by the TN Supreme Court

Jun 14, 2023 at 12:21 am by WGNS News

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - A man convicted of raping and killing a 22-year-old woman in Murfreesboro 8-years ago filed for post-conviction relief and lost. The subject la.... Read More

UPDATE: Suspect Accused of Sexually Groping Teen Identified and Arrested

Jun 01, 2023 at 06:52 pm by WGNS Radio News

FRANKLIN, TN - On Friday, Franklin Police asked for the public’s help to identify a man who was accused of sexually groping a 14-year-old in the men’s restroom of.... Read More

Alleged Sexual Battery Incident Reported at a Murfreesboro Apartment

May 25, 2023 at 09:01 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - A 19-year-old woman was sexually fondled after leaving her apartment. The incident, that occurred in late April, happened at an apartment in the area of H.... Read More

Convicted Rapist in Rutherford County Receives a 100-Year Sentence

Apr 13, 2023 at 10:00 pm by WGNS News

  Rutherford County, TN - The hard work of Detective Marcy Gossett with the Smyrna Police Department landed a child rapist behind bars for the next 100-years. Sentencing.... Read More

UPDATED: Suspect in Aggravated Sexual Battery of a Child Case Found Dead

Jan 20, 2023 at 04:38 pm by WGNS News

(Middle Tennessee) A man who was wanted by police in Nashville was found dead in Carthage, Tennessee. 41-Year-old Jeremiah Timon Abel was wanted by the long arm of the law for.... Read More

Suspect Accused of Inappropriately Touching a Child Under the Age of 13

Jan 05, 2023 at 01:23 pm by WGNS News

Middle, Tenn. – A suspect has been developed in a case that focuses on the sexual battery of a child. Metro Nashville Police reported on Thursday that Youth Services det.... Read More

Fencing Club Owner and Head Coach Rearrested on New Sexual Battery Indictment

Jun 24, 2022 at 06:15 am by WGNS

In nearby Davidson County, Metro-Nashville Police report that Youth Services detectives have rearrested 37-year-old Robert Charles Piraino on a new sexual battery indictment a.... Read More

Murfreesboro Sexual Battery Case Leads to Judicial Diversion in Local Court

Dec 21, 2021 at 09:52 pm by WGNS

A man by the name of “Nam H. Dinh” was in a Rutherford County Circuit Courtroom this month, after being arrested in 2020 under a charge of “Sexual Battery..... Read More

UPDATE: Man Found Guilty of Raping Male Victim at Murfreesboro Party

Jul 15, 2021 at 04:17 pm by WGNS

The 29-year-old man arrested several years ago in Murfreesboro for raping another man at a party was in a Rutherford County Courtroom this week.Investigative work by now ret.... Read More

Murfreesboro Suspect Charged with Raping Man at a 2019 Party will Head to Trial Next Month

Jun 24, 2021 at 07:00 am by WGNS

A 29-year-old man arrested 3-years ago in Murfreesboro for allegedly raping another man at a party will head to trial next month on July 13th. Investigative work by now reti.... Read More

UPDATE: Subject Found Guilty for the Rape of a Child in Murfreesboro

Dec 14, 2020 at 11:22 am by WGNS

UPDATE: 27-Year-old Allan Ashley of Murfreesboro was found guilty for the rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery. Ashely, who last lived at Alder Terrace Apartments on.... Read More

Subject in Murfreesboro Child Rape Case Could Receive Prison Sentence of 288-Years

Dec 14, 2020 at 08:00 am by WGNS

A Jackson, Tennessee man who was already listed as being a sex offender for a crime that took place in 1999 is now looking at spending the remainder of his life behind bars. &.... Read More

Special Victim Unit Crimes, Arrests and Court Cases

Dec 10, 2020 at 12:33 pm by WGNS

In special victims crimes, a suspect named David Rowland will face rape charges in 2021, as explained by Rutherford County District Attorney Jennings Jones... Christopher.... Read More

Convicted Rutherford County Sex Offender Denied Post Conviction Relief

Oct 14, 2020 at 07:42 am by WGNS

A 2018 guilty plea filed in a Rutherford County Courtroom went before the Criminal Court of Appeals court in Nashville. Kyle Richard Freemon, who plead guilty to sexual batter.... Read More