MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A 46-year-old man accused of raping a child was arrested Thursday by the Memphis Safe Task Force, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Derrick Cole was wanted on a long list of charges — including rape, sexual battery and criminal exposure to HIV — when he was taken into custody. The U.S. Marshals Service said he was arrested after a raid Thursday at a home on Browning Avenue in the Bethel Grove neighborhood.

Court records show that Cole had been wanted for over a year after he was indicted by a Grand Jury in August 2024.

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