NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A man on Nashville’s most wanted list is now in custody for alleged sex crimes he committed against a teenage girl.
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, officers with the department assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Antonio J. Simpson, 46, on Friday afternoon. He was found at an apartment along Stewarts Ferry Pike.
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Police said Simpson was found with six guns and ammunition. Two of those guns — an AR rifle and a revolver — had previously been reported stolen in Nashville.
Simpson is facing a grand jury indictment that includes four counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, two counts of solicitation of a minor related to statutory rape, and sexual battery by an authority figure, officials said. Further charges related to the stolen guns are pending.
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