ATHENS, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Tennessee man will be behind bars for a historically long time.
District Attorney General Stephen Hatchett, of Tennessee’s 10th Judicial District, announced Wednesday that an Athens man has been given one of the longest criminal sentences in the state’s history.
Kenterrius McGuffie, 29, was given 10 consecutive life sentences with an additional 16 years in prison. He recently pleaded guilty to nearly 30 charges, including:
- 13 counts of aggravated rape of a child
- 12 counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor
- One count of continual sexual abuse of a child
- One count of sexual exploitation of a minor.
McGuffie was arrested in 2024 after law enforcement received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding child sexual abuse material being uploaded by a Snapchat user. Hatchett said that the user was later identified as McGuffie…