Massage therapist arrested on sexual battery charge

FROM THE DYERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT ON 10/15/25:

Massage Therapist Arrested on Sexual Battery Charge

DYERSBURG – Dyersburg Police officers arrested a massage therapist for sexual battery on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Click here to view the affidavit for additional details.

Colt Sanders, 38, who gave a Halls, Tennessee, address, was being held at the Dyer County Jail on Wednesday morning on a $10,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Dyersburg Court at 4 p.m. on November 18, 2025.

Sanders was charged and arrested following a DPD investigation after a woman who received a massage from Sanders reported to the police on Monday that she had been inappropriately touched during a session the previous week.

Sanders is a contract therapist who has contracts to work at multiple businesses in the Dyersburg area.

Anyone who has experienced inappropriate treatment from Sanders is urged to contact the Dyersburg Police Department at 311 or 285-1212.

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