Riverdale Soccer Coach Charged with Statutory Rape

Riverdale High School girls’ soccer coach Nathan Sweet was charged with two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and sexual exploitation of a minor.

Rutherford County Sheriff’s detectives charged him Monday after an investigation.

Sweet, 35, of Murfreesboro is being held on $75,000 bond at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center.

A hearing is set Aug. 6 in General Sessions Court.

Rutherford County Schools reported Sweet was placed on unpaid suspension while an investigation is conducted.