Abuse

88 indictments include variety of sex crimes (04/21/08)

17-year-old charged with rape (04/02/08)
A 17-year-old was transferred to Dyer County Circuit Court on Tuesday to face rape and aggravated sexual battery charges as an adult. Timothy Andrew Pettie, no address listed, Dyersburg, was transported from Youth Villages in Memphis after a 30-day evaluation ordered in February by Juvenile Court Judge Tony Childress. He was charged with rape of child (less than 13 years of age) and aggravated sexual battery...

Public defender services revoked in child abuse case (04/01/08)
The man accused of aggravated child abuse was released from the Dyer County Jail on Monday after posting a $25,000 bond. Joseph D. "Binks" Lee, 36, 313 Williams Dr., Dyersburg, was arrested on Friday after police investigators found he had assaulted a 12-year-old relative...

Suspect arrested for abuse of child (03/31/08)
A man suspected of abusing a 15-month old child was arrested by Dyersburg Police investigators on Friday. Joseph D. Lee, 36, 313 Williams Dr., Dyersburg, is lodged in the Dyer County Jail without bond. According to arrest documents, the 6-foot-4-inch, 280-lb. Lee is suspected to have abused the child after a relative of the child's saw bruises and sores in November 2007. The ensuing investigation resulted in the arrest...

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