Thomas Edward Brackett, 63 of Athens, Tennessee, was arrested in Rome after police said he had online conversations of a sexual nature with someone he thought was a child under the age of 16 years.
Police said that Brackett sent the “child” two photographs of his penis and two pornographic videos. In return, Brackett also asked the “child” to perform sex acts and nude photographs.
Brackett was taken into custody at an arranged meeting spot where he was going to meet the child.
While being taken into custody, police said they found clonazepam pills that were not in their original container. Brackett is charged with aggravated child molestation, electronically furnishing obscene materials to a child, computer pornography, obscene internet contact with a child, sexual exploitation of a child, and possession of a schedule IV controlled substance