Sumner County Jail

A Millersville man was convicted of grooming and sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl for over two years. He faces up to 116 years in prison without parole after being found guilty of multiple charges, including continuous sexual abuse and exploitation of a minor.

A man who stabbed his ex-husband at a Tennessee Walmart and later attempted to solicit another inmate to murder his ex and family from jail has been sentenced to 42 years in prison. The man was captured by Border Patrol in Maine after trying to flee the country.

Mikel Clifford Cecil was sentenced to 70 years in prison for sexually abusing a 6-year-old child over multiple years in Tennessee and West Virginia. Prosecutors emphasized the prolonged abuse, trust violation, and emotional trauma as reasons for the sentence. The conviction followed a jury trial in May.

License plate reader technology in Portland, Tennessee, helped police locate Anthony Walker, who had active warrants in Rutherford County for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means. Walker was arrested, held in Sumner County Jail, and transferred to Rutherford County to face charges.

A Tennessee man was arrested for violating the sex offender registry after being spotted near a daycare in Hendersonville. Keith Barcus was taken into custody near a playground where children were present and is being held in the Sumner County Jail with a $40,000 bond.