Antioch Suspect Arrested for the Rape of a Child in Murfreesboro, More Charges Could be Filed

Jun 18, 2013 at 10:02 am by bryan


A 53-year old Antioch man is a suspect in a Rutherford County child pornography case and a case involving the rape of a child. Murfreesboro detectives met with the Department of Children Services to review allegations filed against Timothy L. Johnson in March that suggested he had sexually molested a small child. Those allegations led to a complete investigation which ultimately led to a Grand Jury Indictment.

The victim in the case made what Detective Tommy Roberts called “credible disclosures” in a police arrest report filed on June 14th. Records at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office show that Johnson was booked into the Adult Detention Center on June 16th under a $100,000 bond. As of Tuesday morning - June 18th, the suspect was still behind bars. He currently faces three charges of child rape, but more charges could be filed dealing with possession of child pornography.

Charged under TCA 39-13-522:

39-13-522.  Rape of a child 

  (a) Rape of a child is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is more than three (3) years of age but less than thirteen (13) years of age.

(b)  (1) Rape of a child is a Class A felony.

   (2)  (A) Notwithstanding title 40, chapter 35, a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished as a Range II offender; however, the sentence imposed upon such person may, if appropriate, be within Range III but in no case shall it be lower than Range II.

      (B) Section 39-13-525(a) shall not apply to a person sentenced under this subdivision (b)(2).

      (C) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board of probation and parole may require, as a mandatory condition of supervision for any person convicted under this section, that the person be enrolled in a satellite-based monitoring program for the full extent of the person's term of supervision consistent with the requirements of § 40-39-302.

HISTORY: Acts 1992, ch. 878, § 1; 1997, ch. 406, § 2; 2005, ch. 353, § 14; 2006, ch. 890, § 22; 2007, ch. 501, § 1; 2011, ch. 306, § 1.

Source:

MPD Arrest Report #13-4478
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office
Tennessee Code Annotated 39-13-522

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