UPDATE: Knox County Schools fired a custodian after police charged him for allegedly asking a 13-year-old girl to send him nude photos.
A KCS spokesperson confirmed Dustin Lee Dotson, 37, was terminated as of Friday.
Dotson worked as a custodian at Inskip Elementary School. KPD charged him with solicitation of a minor to engage in certain sexual conduct, which is a Class C felony.
Records show Dotson shares an address with his parents including father Ronnie Dotson, pastor at Anchor Holds Baptist Church on Old Broadway.
Original story:
A Knox County Schools custodian is on administrative leave with pay after police arrested him for asking a 13-year-old girl to send him nude photos.
A spokesperson with Knox County Schools said Dustin Lee Dotson, 37, of Knoxville started working as a custodian for the district in November 2014.
Dotson worked as a custodian at Inskip Elementary School. He is charged with solicitation of a minor to engage in certain sexual conduct, which is a Class C felony.
In an email to 10News, Knox County Schools spokesperson Abbey Harris said Dotson is, “on administrative leave with pay pending review for possible termination.”
Knox County Schools Superintendent Buzz Thomas told 10News he hopes to have a decision on Dotson's employment by the end of Friday.
The superintendent also stressed that at this time they do not believe any instances happened on school grounds.
Harris said all prospective KCS employees receive a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation fingerprint background check for criminal history. There is also a verification process to check to ensure a prospective employee is not on the sex offender registry.
Investigators said Dotson requested a 13-year-old girl to send him nude photos of herself, in addition to other “lewd and vulgar sexual communications.”
The arrest followed an investigation from the Knoxville Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. KPD said officers arrested him without incident around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday.
Authorities are holding Dotson at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility on a $50,000 bond.
Additional charges are possible as the investigation continues.
Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to show Dotson began working for KCS in November 2014.