An investigation by special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, at the request of 13th Judicial District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, led to the arrest of James Hargis, a licensed attorney born on August 11, 1991. Agents determined that Hargis allegedly withheld funds from an individual while handling a real estate transaction in his professional capacity.

On Friday, he was charged with one count of theft over $60,000. Deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office arrested him and booked him into the Putnam County Jail on a $100,000 bond. As with all such cases, the charges are merely accusations, and Hargis is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.