An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment of a former Fentress County corrections officer accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a minor.
In October 2021, TBI special agents began investigating allegations involving 22-year-old Nicholas Alexander St John. Agents say while St John was employed as a corrections officer with the Fentress County Sheriff’s Office, he met a juvenile at York Institute in Jamestown and engaged in sexual activity with the juvenile in an abandoned house on school property.
This week, the Fentress County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging St John with one count of Statutory Rape and one count of Aggravated Burglary. On Friday, January 13, 2023, he was arrested and booked into the Fentress County Jail on a $5,000 bond. (Photo courtesy TBI)
