LOUISVILLE MAN ARRESTED IN BLOUNT COUNTY ON CHILD SEX CRIME CHARGES
A Louisville man, 64-year-old Donald Jeffrey Clark of Apple Creek Drive, was arrested Monday evening in Blount County, Tennessee, after a grand jury returned indictments against him. Clark faces charges of sexual battery by an authority figure and continuous sexual abuse of a child.
The investigation began in December following a report from a parent who alleged that Clark had sexually assaulted their teenage son over several years, starting in 2021. Authorities determined that Clark sent the youth sexually suggestive text messages and assaulted him on multiple occasions while serving as a youth deacon at a local church, although no evidence indicates the abuse took place on church property.
Clark was released from the Blount County Correctional Facility on a total bond of $250,000 and is scheduled to appear in Blount County Circuit Court at 9 a.m. on April 13, 2026.
