A Smith County Sexual Assault Arrest

TYLER – A Smith County man has been arrested on a charge of sexual assault of a child. According to the booking report from the Smith County Sheriff’s Departmnet, 31 year old Mark James Nunley of Lindale was booked into jail late last week. The charge, “Sex abuse of child continuous: victim under 14.” The child was forensically interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Tyler. During the interview, the youngster described being sexually abused repeatedly by Nunley for an extended period of time. An adult witness told investigators that they had actually caught the suspect in the act of abusing the child in the past. Nunley was arrested last Thursday after surrendering at the Smith County Jail. He is currently free on a $350,000 bond.