GA “Closed Door Ent” Pulitzer Prize Nom Joshua Smith Arrested 5 Count Aggravated Statutory Rape

CHATTANOOGA, TN. (THECOUNT) – Rossville, Georgia man, Joshua Conrad Smith, is facing several counts of aggravated statutory rape charge in Hamilton County.

Smith, 32, was booked into the Hamilton County Jail Friday for 5 counts of aggravated statutory rape, according to reports.

Smith, the director of a North Georgia theater company and 2008 Pulitzer Prize nominee, has been indicted on five counts of aggravated statutory rape.

Smith, founder of the “Closed Door Entertainment,” located at, 105 Maple St, Rossville, GA,

He is accused of intentionally engaging in sexual contact with two underage girls between Feb. 15, 2017, and June 1, 2017.

The grand jury handed down the indictment on Dec. 12 and Smith, 32, was arrested on Friday and taken to the Hamilton County Jail. He has since been released on $10,000 bond. source

Smith is a writer, director, actor and producer at Closed Door Entertainment.

Rossville is a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,105 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, source Wikipedia.

Anyone with possible information pertaining to the case should contact police at 911.

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