The former board chair of the state’s inmate oversight board will serve no jail time as long she doesn’t violate the conditions of her diversion.

Vanessa Richards Murtaugh was sentenced to four years of probation. She must remain on the Sex Offender Registry for 10 years after completing her probation.

Vanessa Murtaugh, ex-chair of Tennessee's Inmate Disciplinary Oversight Board, pleaded guilty to aggravated statutory rape, receiving probation and sex offender status.

A former board member for the Tennessee Inmate Disciplinary Oversight pleaded guilty to aggravated statutory rape and was sentenced to four years of supervised probation, according to a prosecutor in ...

The now-former chair of a board designed to review “good behavior” credits for Tennessee inmates has pleaded guilty to ...

She will not serve time in prison. Vanessa Murtaugh was indicted Feb. 27 on one count of statutory rape by an authority figure and one count of aggravated rape. She resigned from her position on the ...

She will not serve time in prison. Vanessa Murtaugh was indicted Feb. 27 on one count of statutory rape by an authority figure and one count of aggravated rape. She resigned from her position on ...