July 29, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Circuit Court Judge Jonathan Young of Cookeville has been suspended for the remainder of his term after the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct issued an order Tuesday detailing multiple complaints against him including one in which he allegedly had sex with a woman who was a party in an adoption case before his court.
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This is the second time Young has been suspended by the board for improper conduct. Almost two years ago Judge Young received a public reprimand from the Board of Judicial Conduct and was suspended for 30 days for inappropriate messages he sent to women on various social media platforms from 2015 to 2020 which included content ranging from flirtatious to overtly sexual.
Again, the Board has handed down a 30-day suspension effective August 2 keeping him from holding court for the remainder of his term which ends August 31, 2022. Young was defeated in the Republican Primary in May by Caroline Knight who will become the next judge as she is unopposed in the General Election next Thursday.
Judge Young has served the last eight years as Circuit Court Judge Part II in the 13th Judicial District representing DeKalb and six other counties.