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Former White County deputy charged with sexual assault

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SPARTA (AP) — A former White County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday and charged with sexually assaulting a victim at the department’s office on April 26, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reported.

Jerry Ray Cole Jr., 35, was indicted by a grand jury on charges of official misconduct, sexual battery and official oppression. He was freed Thursday on $5,000 bond.

Cole resigned from the department in May after the district attorney called for TBI to investigate the incident, in which Cole allegedly sexually assaulted a victim who had come into the office to file a report on an unrelated matter.

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