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  MURFREESBORO, TN - Luis Martinez Morado, a 44-year-old man who was wanted by Murfreesboro Police on multiple counts of child rape and aggravated sexual battery, is set to appear in a Rutherford County Circuit Courtroom on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Morado was apprehended four months ago in Tampa, Florida by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office after the U.S. Marshals Service notified law enforcement in Florida about the suspect. The charges against Morado stem from allegat...

Tennessee woman charged with statutory rape of students

Rutherford County judge sentences Michael D. Lewis, who pleaded guilty to rape and sexual battery for events at Murfreesboro Catholic parish.

Rutherford County judge sentences Michael D. Lewis, who pleaded guilty to rape and sexual battery for events at Murfreesboro Catholic parish.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A former employee at a Murfreesboro Catholic church who pleaded guilty to four counts of statutory rape was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday. Michael D. Lewis was indicted in June 2020 on 10 counts of statutory rape and four counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.