Updated: July 13, 2017

A LEWIS COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A COUPLE OF SEX OFFENSES. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ON JUNE 22ND, TBI SPECIAL AGENTS RECEIVED INFORMATION THROUGH A TIP FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ABOUT AN IMAGE OF A MINOR THAT HAD BEEN UPLOADED TO AN ONLINE ACCOUNT. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, AGENTS WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE ACCOUNT BELONGED TO 39 YEAR-OLD JEFFERY ALLEN BROWN OF PINEY CREEK ROAD IN HOHENWALD. ON WEDNESDAY, BROWN, A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER, WAS ARRESTED BY T-B-I SPECIAL AGENTS, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFFICERS AND LEWIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR AND ONE COUNT OF VIOLATION OF THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. BROWN IS BEING HELD IN THE LEWIS COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND.