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Lookout Mountain man arrested in Chattanooga on Alabama fugitive from justice warrant

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / James Coleman Thompson, 71, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / James Coleman Thompson, 71, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / James Coleman Thompson, 71, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

A Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, man was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant issued out of Jackson County, Alabama, but authorities there are unable to provide details.

James Coleman Thompson, 71, was charged Friday on a warrant stemming from pending charges in Alabama, according to an affidavit filed in Hamilton County General Sessions Court. He was taken into custody by Lookout Mountain police and booked at the Hamilton County Jail, where he remains held without bond.

(UPDATE: Thompson pleads not guilty in child sex case)

Thompson, father to three standouts on the Baylor School wrestling team at the turn of the century, is wanted on unspecified charges in Jackson County, Alabama, according to court documents. Jackson County Sheriff Rocky Harnen said those charges will be made public once Thompson is in custody in Alabama.

Harnen said he could not talk further about the case.