North Carolina sex offender nabbed in Polk County, Tenn.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

photo Adam Taylor

A North Carolina man convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl was arrested in Polk County, Tenn., on charges of failing to register as a sex offender.

A news release from the U.S. Marshals Service said Adam Taylor was the subject of a multistate manhunt. Eventually, he was located living in Turtletown, Tenn.

Marshals teamed with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Highway Patrol to arrest Taylor in the parking lot of a Turtletown convenience store.