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Former Rhea County skating rink worker arrested on string of sex charges involving minors

Contributed photo / Michael Napier, 33, of Rhea County, Tenn.
Contributed photo / Michael Napier, 33, of Rhea County, Tenn. Contributed photo / Michael Napier, 33, of Rhea County, Tenn.

A Rhea County, Tennessee, man has been arrested on a grand jury indictment charging him with a 17-count string of sex charges involving minors.

Michael D. Napier, 33, was being held early Monday without bond on felony sex charges involving multiple alleged minor victims, authorities said.

According to three indictments in Rhea County Circuit Court, Napier faces five counts of aggravated sexual battery in one indictment; five counts of aggravated sexual battery, sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and sexual contact by an authority figure involving a minor younger than 18 in a second indictment; and five counts of sexual battery by an authority figure in a third indictment.

The investigator on the case is Rhea County Sheriff’s Office investigator Rocky Potter, court records show.

Monday, Mike Taylor, the 12th Judicial District Attorney General, said Napier was previously employed at a Dayton skating rink but said he could not share more details about the investigation.