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Nashville Sting Arrests Centennial High Coach Jay Graham on Minor Prostitution Charges

News reports say the school removed him from coaching following the arrest.

Overview

  • Metro Nashville police working with the Special Victims Division and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation ran an undercover operation using ads on escort websites and officers posing as 16-year-olds.
  • Police say Herman "Jay" Graham III replied to an ad, agreed to pay $120, exchanged cash in a Nashville hotel room, and was arrested on charges of patronizing prostitution with a minor and solicitation of a minor for aggravated statutory rape.
  • Graham's bond was set at $45,000, and On3 and OutKick report he was also suspended without pay from his teaching job at Centennial High School.
  • Two other men were arrested: Aaron Barnack, 46, who authorities say arranged to spend the night for $1,000 with purported teens, faces two counts each of patronizing prostitution with a minor and solicitation of a minor for aggravated statutory rape, with bond set at $45,000.
  • Anthony Proctor, 20, was charged after allegedly agreeing to a $50, 15-minute visit with a purported 16-year-old and has a $41,000 bond, as the investigation continues and all cases proceed through the courts.