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Coffee Central baseball coach charged with statutory rape

Coach Bradley Newton Weir, 43, was charged with statutory rape by authority figure in connection with an incident that happened at his home on Jan. 29, Manchester Police Department investigation Billy Butler said this afternoon.
Coach Bradley Newton Weir, 43, was charged with statutory rape by authority figure in connection with an incident that happened at his home on Jan. 29, Manchester Police Department investigation Billy Butler said this afternoon. Coach Bradley Newton Weir, 43, was charged with statutory rape by authority figure in connection with an incident that happened at his home on Jan. 29, Manchester Police Department investigation Billy Butler said this afternoon.
photo Coach Bradley Newton Weir, 43, was charged with statutory rape by authority figure in connection with an incident that happened at his home on Jan. 29, Manchester Police Department investigation Billy Butler said this afternoon.

The head boys baseball coach at Coffee County Central High School in Manchester, Tenn., has been arrested on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

Coach Bradley Newton Weir, 43, was charged today with statutory rape by authority figure in connection with an incident that happened at his home on Jan. 29, Manchester Police Department investigation Billy Butler said this afternoon.

Weir, of Hills Chapel Road in Manchester, was released around 3:30 p.m. CST on a $100,000 bond.

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