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Former Rhea County Deputy Indicted in Rape of Teen

December 5, 2019 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 0 Comments

DAYTON – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments for a former deputy of the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department who stands accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teenager.

On May 1st, at the request of 12th District Attorney General J. Michael Taylor, TBI Agents began investigating an alleged rape of a 17-year-old female. As a result of the investigation, Agents developed information leading to Juvencio Dwayne Bustos (DOB 11-27-96) as the man responsible for the crime. The department terminated the deputy’s employment when the allegation surfaced.

On Monday, the Rhea County Grand Jury returned indictments, charging Bustos with one count of Rape, one count of Statutory Rape, and one count of Possession of Schedule III. Today, Bustos surrendered himself to TBI Agents, who subsequently booked him into the Rhea County Jail on $150,000 bond.

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About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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