Plans To Marry 14-Year-Old Ends In Arrest

Henderson County authorities arrested a man who they say had arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl in Athens and marry her. Investigators staked out the store where they were to meet up, and 22-year-old Joseph Melton of Cedar Hill was seen entering the store and immediately going to the bathroom where he had told the girl to meet. He was immediately arrested and charged with enticing a child, delivery of marijuana to a minor, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.