LAWRENCE COUNTY, Tenn. – A convicted sex offender living under the radar in Lawrence County is back behind bars.
Deputies said they'd been looking for Phillip Newbourn when they picked him up in Leoma.
The convicted sex offender said he had no idea he was supposed to register in each county where he stays.
Deputies said they also found a sawed-off shotgun and pot inside his house.
Newbourn is charged with violating the sex offender registry, along with drug and weapons possession.
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