CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
Most accused felons who surrender to police are booked immediately into jail, but that wasn't the case for a well-known teacher and coach charged with sexual battery.
Instead, officials simply allowed him to walk away with a citation, and his accuser is concerned he received special treatment.
When 80-year-old John Miller Sr. turned himself in, he wasn't jailed and wasn't forced to pay a dime on bail. Channel 4 went looking for answers and found a small note from a judge which may have just been his get out of jail free card.
"He acted inappropriately and touched me inappropriately," said alleged victim Kandy Kohlhaas.
According to police reports, Miller assaulted two different employees inside a Clarksville salon. Both then pressed charges.
"She was distraught about it, too, and I'm like, 'Look, we've got to get this guy. This is not happening anymore,'" Kohlhaas said.
Miller is well-known to many people in Clarksville. He was the director of Clarksville schools, the athletic director at Austin Peay State University and is a hall of famer in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.
On Friday, he surrendered to police, but soon after he was allowed to return home with only a citation.
"He didn't get fingerprinted. He didn't have to pay bond. He didn't go to jail - nothing, no punishment whatsoever. And I don't feel that's fair," Kohlhaas said.
In the arrest warrant, the bond and bail amount is scratched out with a pen, and in its place is a note that says, "Cite per Judge Grimes." Also, the word "arrested" was scratched out to instead say "cite."
Channel 4 News attempted to contact Grimes for his comments but the call has not yet been returned, and the district attorney had no comment on the case.
Miller also has not returned calls for comment.
But, Kohlhaas said she is demanding answers on whether her accused attacker received special treatment.
"I feel like the people who I can go to and tell it are on his side," Kohlhaas said.
Miller is scheduled to appear in court Friday.
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