DYERSBURG, Tenn. — A former Dyersburg Police officer is behind bars after charges of statutory rape and sexual exploitation of a minor were levied against him Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday.
On February 23, at the request of 29th Judicial District Attorney General Danny Goodman, TBI special agents began investigating allegations involving 29-year-old Sharquawn Henderson. During the course of the investigation, agents developed information that Henderson, while employed as an officer of the Dyersburg Police Department, engaged in sexual activity with a child in Dyer County.
On Monday, the Dyer County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Henderson with Soliciting Sexual Exploitation of a Minor by Electronic Means and Aggravated Statutory Rape.
Henderson surrendered to TBI agents Tuesday at the Dyer County Jail and was booked on a $10,000 bond.