Ogles doubles down on criticism as judges ask for more security

(The Center Square) – Judges from Davidson County Sessions Court are requesting extra security after Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles criticized them on social media for several days.

“Spare me the drama,” Ogles said in a post in response to a letter the judges sent to Gov. Bill Lee.

Ogles accused local judges and prosecutors of “letting a man off the hook” for previous charges before he was arrested for raping a woman near a church in August. The man is a Somalian immigrant, Ogles said.

“Not only has this man been arrested over a dozen times, but he has had every case, from drugs to indecent exposure to criminal trespass, dismissed,” Ogles said in a post published on Friday. “Every judge and prosecutor who let him off the hook was a Democrat. As long as local liberals are running things in Middle Tennessee, we are at war.”

The judges asked Lee for more security on Tuesday as Ogles continued to post about the situation on social media.

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