The sheriff’s department has arrested a 19-year-old man and charged him with the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl.
The child's mother was charged with child endangerment for allowing the two to have sex in her home.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, 48-year-old Edna Jeanette Cox allowed Bryan Thomas Thompson to move into her Gentry Avenue home, and also allowed him to bed down in the same room with her daughter, knowing that he and the 13-year-old were having sex.
Ray said Cox was aware that Thompson was already wanted on charges that he had sex with a minor in Smith County, and that she even advised the two to use protection.
According to the warrant, Cox’s actions placed her daughter in danger.
The sheriff said that Thompson  admitted to having engaged in sexual intercourse with the girl on several occasions beginning on June 30, and that he knew that it was wrong.
Cox is under a $15,000 bond, and  Thompson's bond is $36,500. They will both be in court on Sept. 13.
Meanwhile, 35-year-old William Anthony Miller was charged with public intoxication, resisting arrest, and possession of a handgun while under the influence on Aug. 19.
Ray said deputies dispatched to an attempted suicide call on Lee Braswell Road found Miller in a field holding a .40 caliber handgun.
He reportedly had an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his person and his speech was slurred.
Miller resisted arrest and deputies took him to the ground.
He was handcuffed and taken to the jail for booking.
His bonds total $4,500 and he will be in court on Sept. 13.
Nelson Pack Redmon, 32, was arrested on Aug. 20 on a fugitive from justice warrant from Kentucky.
Redmon is being held in DeKalb County awaiting extradition back to Kentucky to face a child support warrant.
His bond is $50,000 and he will be in court on Aug. 30.
Heather Starr Trapp, 32, was charged with failure to appear and driving on a suspended license on Aug. 21.
Ray said a deputy was patrolling Highway 56 saw a stalled vehicle at the intersection of Bryant Street.
A check revealed that Trapp, who was behind the wheel of the automobile, had an outstanding bench warrant for failure to appear in General Sessions Court on charges of driving while her license were suspended, criminal trespassing, and shoplifting.
Her license were also suspended for failure to satisfy a citation in 2011.
She reportedly has a driving on a suspended license case against her pending in court.
Her bond totals $4,000 and she will be in court on August 30.