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Kenton police officer charged with statutory rape

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KENTON (AP) — A Kenton police officer has been arrested and charged with six counts of statutory rape, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reported Tuesday.

George Anthony Sonmen, 39, is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl on six separate occasions in the last month, according to a release from TBI. The incidents took place behind a restaurant on Highway 45 in Obion County.

Sonmen has also worked a police officer in Jackson and Brownsville. He is being held in Obion County Jail pending his arraignment Thursday.

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