Convicted Chattanooga school bus driver charged with statutory rape in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The driver behind the deadly Woodmore Bus crash now faces a serious new charge.

The Davidson County Jail confirms that Johnthony Walker was booked into the jail Thursday night.

The arrest affidavit says Walker, who is 26, had sex with a 14-year-old girl while staying with her family in Davidson County for the last few months.

The parents of the child called police after learning about this.

According to the report, Walker admitted that he had sex with the girl five times over the course of several months.

The Davidson County Sheriff's Office website lists his charge as aggravated statutory rape, and says he was arrested at 9:46 p.m. Central Time.

He has been taken to the Hill Detention Center.

His bond is currently set at $350,000.

On Monday, Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole denied an attorney's motion to reduce Walker's 4-year sentence in the deadly accident that killed six Woodmore Elementary students.

He was convicted on March 1st and has been out on bond since October.

Walker is set to appear in Davidson County court on Monday, June 18.

So what happens to Walker's current status in Hamilton County? NewsChannel 9 reached out to the Hamilton County District Attorney's office, who tells us the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals now has the case, so the state Attorney General's office would be the one to file a motion to revoke bond.

UPDATE: The Hamilton County District Attorney's office does have legal authority to file to revoke Walker's bond, after consulting with the Tennessee Attorney General's office. A spokeswoman for District Attorney General Neal Pinkston's office says it's been told it could file a motion to revoke bond with the trial court. During Monday's hearing addressing a motion to reduce Walker's sentence, Judge Don Poole refused to rule on the D.A. office's previous request to revoke bond, indicating he didn't think he had the authority to do that, pending an appeal. But now it appears the state Attorney General will allow such a motion to be handled in Judge Poole's court.

UPDATE 2: District Attorney Pinkston filed a motion on Friday to revoke the bond Walker was granted after his conviction. Read the document below:

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