BLEDSOE COUNTY, TN (March 30, 2022) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reporting that a Pikeville, TN man faces a felony charge, accused of having a sexual relationship with a minor.
In late October, at the request of 12th District Attorney General Mike Taylor, TBI special agents began investigating Braydon Pendergrass (DOB 2-7-2002).
Agents subsequently developed information Pendergrass had a sexual encounter with a minor earlier in the month.
On Monday, the Bledsoe County Grand Jury returned an indictment, charging Pendergrass with:
- One count of Statutory Rape
Authorities subsequently booked him into the Bledsoe County Jail.
