After being charged with the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Chad David Braley appeared before the courts last week and filed a plea in his case.

Under a plea arraignment, Braley was found guilty of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor as opposed to the stiffer penalty of “Aggravated” Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Braley appeared before Judge David Bragg in the Rutherford County Circuit Courts where he was also found guilty on one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. The courts agreed to drop the third count, which was also Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

The local man was sentenced to 4-years in prison, but that sentence was suspended and he will serve the time under probation.