TENNESSEE
Commercial Appeal
Yolanda Jones , yolanda.jones@commercialappeal.com November 18, 2016
A city of Memphis library employee has been placed on paid leave after an ongoing police investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted children when he worked as an assistant youth minister at a Germantown church 18 years ago.
The employee, who has not been arrested or charged in the cases, was placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation into the allegations, city officials said in an email earlier this week.
Memphis police spokesman Louis Brownlee confirmed that the department’s sex crimes detectives are investigating.
“We do have an open investigation related to these allegations,” Brownlee said. “As with any investigation, if there are additional victims who have not come forward to file a complaint with law enforcement or if there are any individuals who have information concerning these incidents, they should contact MPD at any precinct or report to the Sex Crimes Bureau located at 201 Poplar Avenue, 11th floor.”
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