Crime & Safety

Rutherford County Jailer Arrested for Soliciting a Minor

A 55-year-old corrections officer is accused of sending sexually explicit messages to an underage girl.

MURFREESBORO, TN — A Rutherford County corrections officer is accused of sending sexually-explicit texts to an underage girl.

Daniel Fanning, 55, was arrested in Wilson County and charged with one count of solicitation of a minor and one count of soliciting the sexual exploitation of a minor.

Authorities said the victim told her parents and her parents who then informed police.

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