A 73-year-old Harviell man was arrested Monday on suspicion of raping a girl under the age of 13 four years ago in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Jerry Lee Whitt is being held on a $100,000 bond in Butler County jail awaiting transfer to Sumner County, Tennessee. The indictment alleges Whitt engaged in sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl.
The assault allegedly happened sometime during the summer of 2016, according to the indictment.
“I can’t give you anything about the victim because it is a child,’’ said Hendersonville Police Detective Sean Simms. “The child came forward this year.”
Investigators would not say if Whitt had a familial relation with the child.
Simms presented the case to a Sumner County grand jury during the first week of February.
“The grand jury decided to make it a true bill and that’s where the warrant came from,’’ he said.