COLUMBIA,
Tenn. (AP) — A Mt. Pleasant police officer has been arrested after being
accused of having a sexual encounter with a 16-year-old boy.
The
Daily Herald (http://goo.gl/QYTgw ) is reporting that Columbia police arrested
Officer Jason Paul Jones on Friday and charged him with statutory rape by an
authority figure.
The
25-year-old Jones became the target of an investigation after police received a
complaint that there had been possible sexual contact between the officer and
the teenager.
Mt.
Pleasant Police Chief Tommy Goetz said Jones had worked for the department for
about two years and was currently assigned to the K-9 unit. Goetz said Jones is
on administrative leave without pay. The chief declined further comment.
Jones
was released from jail on $75,000 bail. He could not be reached for comment.