WANTED SEX OFFENDER CAPTURED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A sex offender labeled violent has been captured by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department. Officers say 56-year-old Jerry Lynn Davenport failed to check in on four different times for his quarterly report. An alert deputy spotted Davenport in a vehicle and attempted to stop him but Davenport led officers on a chase to Tennessee Stone Road. Davenport pulled into a driveway and was taken into custody. He was charged with violation of the sex offender registry and placed under $40,000 bond. He was placed on the registry after a conviction in 1991 for aggravated sexual battery.