The son of Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton has been sentenced to two years probation under a plea agreement in a statutory rape case. A C Wharton III, 35, was accused of raping a 13-year-old Knox County girl he met on the Internet. He has been released from a Knox County jail where he spent four months, Knox County Special Prosecutor John Gill told WMC-TV of Memphis. “This is not to a level of defense at all, but he had some mental issues related to prescription drugs that caused him, well, contributed to his behavior,” Gill said. A C...