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Davidson County court case lists four child rape counts among 12 charges against Jeffrey Allen Hale
Case 2026-C-2155 is open, with the defendant listed as pending
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Production note: The initial draft and public-record normalization were automated. The Registry Recognizer Editorial Desk manually checked the booking time, 12 charge labels, warrant identifiers, charge levels and bond fields against the Davidson County Sheriff's Office record, then confirmed case number 2026-C-2155, open and pending status, count descriptions and blank disposition fields with the Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk on August 1, 2026. Neither case source published charging statutes; statutory citations are legal context only. The sheriff's current facility differs from the stored July 31 snapshot, so this article does not state a current housing location. The accompanying category illustration does not depict Jeffrey Allen Hale or the reported event.
Jeffrey Allen Hale was booked into Davidson County custody at 8:27 p.m. on July 30, 2026, according to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office active-inmate record. The sheriff's exact criminal-history link resolves to Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk case 2026-C-2155.
The sheriff and court records list 12 charges: four child rape counts; three counts of displaying sexual acts to a minor; one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child; two child-abuse counts involving the 9-to-17 statutory age category; and two aggravated-child-abuse counts involving the same statutory age category.
The sheriff's record labels the child-rape, display, continuous-abuse and aggravated-child-abuse charges as felonies, and the two other child-abuse charges as misdemeanors. It lists a $100,000 bond on one aggravated-child-abuse count and $0 on the remaining counts, while cautioning that bond amounts may change. The court clerk lists the case as open and Hale's status as pending, with no amended offense, conviction or disposition recorded for any of the 12 counts. The clerk page lists no scheduled appearances.
Neither the sheriff nor court page publishes statute numbers for the filed counts. For legal context only, Tennessee sources identify rape of a child as Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-522, continuous sexual abuse of a child as § 39-13-518, solicitation of a minor—including certain displays of sexual material—as § 39-13-529, child abuse and neglect or endangerment as § 39-15-401, and aggravated child abuse, neglect or endangerment as § 39-15-402. Because the two case records do not link those provisions to Hale's individual counts, those citations are not presented as confirmed charging statutes.
Hale is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. An arrest or charge is not a conviction.
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