MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - A nurse was arrested in Murfreesboro for allegedly sexually assaulting a patient at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, according to the Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD).

MPD said the nurse, 25-year-old Tyler Butcher, was arrested on Friday at his home just after 9 p.m.

Butcher was charged with kidnapping, sexual battery, prevention of emergency services and indecent exposure, MPD said.

Butcher was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center on a $14,000 bond. He has a hearing set for Feb. 5 in the Rutherford County General Sessions Court

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