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Ex-Boy Scout Leader Pleads Guilty To Sexual Battery

Posted at 12:03 PM, Apr 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-24 13:03:03-04

A former Boy Scout leader from Nashville has pleaded guilty to charges of sexual battery.

Darrell G. Fisher entered guilty pleas to four counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.

Fisher was arrested in January after a 17-year-old boy told investigators Fisher had abused him for several years at Fisher's home. He was later indicted on statutory rape, sexual battery and other felony counts.

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According to reports, the recent indictment said the boys were abused by the 44-year-old, with the abuse occurring between 2008 and 2015.

A sentencing hearing was set for June 12.