MARYVILLE, Tenn. — The Blount County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday evening they arrested a man on child sex charges and were searching for his brother on warrants for violating community supervision, evading arrest and having drug paraphernalia.
On Thursday, they said his brother was in custody.
They said Larry Edmond Potter, 52, from Maryville, is facing three counts of solicitation of a minor. They said they started an investigation into him this year after getting a complaint that he sent sexual text messages to a juvenile female. BCSO said they found several pieces of evidence in the case, which resulted in Potter's arrest on Tuesday at a home on Reagan Mill Road.
They said he was being held at the Blount County Correctional Facility on $300,000 in bonds, pending a hearing on June 14.
Jeffrey Lynn Potter, his brother, also faces charges related to a conviction of aggravated sexual battery of a child.