Rep. Jeremy Durham

Prosecutors sought an indictment of a top Republican in the Tennessee state House on charges of prescription fraud, but a grand jury in his home county declined to allow the case to move forward.

According to investigative documents obtained by The Associated Press under state open records laws, a drug task force agent alleged that Republican Rep. Jeremy Durham of Franklin had altered the dates of two prescriptions in 2013.

The name of the drug is redacted in the records, but they show that the medications are listed on the state's Controlled Substance Monitoring Database for opioids and sedatives like Valium.

Durham, who serves as House majority whip, said in a text message that the case was vetted by a grand jury "who quickly agreed that nothing illegal had occurred."