Chattanooga police have arrested and charged one of their own for allegedly having sex with a Meigs County girl.

Officer Chad E. Bradley, 35, has been charged with aggravated statutory rape, statutory rape by an authority figure and tampering with evidence, said Lt. Kim Noorbergen, police spokeswoman.

The investigation was initiated on Wednesday. Since then, investigators have determined that Officer Bradley had consensual sexual encounters with an underaged girl from Meigs County, she said.

Chattanooga police and Meigs County sheriff's investigators located the victim today and interviewed her. The victim is a 17-year-old white female, police said.

She confirmed several consensual sexual encounters with the officer, police said. Two of those were while he was on duty, Lt. Noorbergen reported. The relationship began in July and the pair reportedly had engaged in sex four days ago in Meigs County, police said.

He is being charged locally for an encounter that allegedly occurred on Pan Gap Road in August, Lt. Noorbergen said.