Henderson County man convicted of rape, aggravated statutory rape

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Suspect Interview DNA Evidence Indictment and Trial DA’s Statement Suspect Interview DNA Evidence Indictment and Trial DA’s Statement HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WBBJ) - On March 24, 2022, Investigator Jeremiah Adams of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department received a report regarding a 14-year-old male who had been raped. The juvenile reported that, on the night of March 23, 2022, he was staying at a house when 51-year-old James Rooker called the juvenile into his room while everyone else was sleeping and raped him over the course of several hours. Investigator Adams collected eviden...