Cleveland police nab registered sex offender in undercover sting

Cleveland Police arrest registered sex offender Jonathan Francis.
Cleveland Police arrest registered sex offender Jonathan Francis.
photo Cleveland Police arrest registered sex offender Jonathan Francis.

Cleveland police arrested a 47-year-old registered sex offender Wednesday morning in an undercover sting after he showed up expecting to meet a 13-year-old boy for sex.

The meeting was actually set up by detective Cody Hinson. Investigators were waiting for Jonathan Francis when he arrived about 9:30 a.m.

Francis was arrested and charged with solicitation of a minor.

He is also known as Stacy Tray Grimsley.

Francis was convicted of criminal sexual conduct as well as assault with intent to commit a rape or sexual battery in 1993, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Francis is classified as an active, violent sex offender, according to TBI, and lives in Hixson.

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