Man With HIV Accused Of Raping Children And Spreading Disease: Officials Confirm

A man with HIV accused of raping children was apprehended by the Memphis Safe Task Force Thursday, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed.

The task force conducted a coordinated operation Thursday morning to arrest Derrick Cole, 46.

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Cole is charged with many felonies, including suspected criminal exposure to HIV, sexual battery by an authority figure, statutory rape by an authority figure, and chronic sexual abuse of a child, among others.

These allegations result from a grand jury indictment issued in August 2024.