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ECSO nabs sex offender who failed to register again
Brown Jason Lyle
Jason Lyle Brown - photo by Photo courtesy of ECSO
Staff Report
Updated: Aug 21, 2009, 6:04 PM
Published: Aug 21, 2009, 1:33 AM

The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office has apprehended a sex offender who had failed to re-register as a sex offender.

Deputies found Jason Lyle Brown, 28, of Rincon, sleeping in the garage of a Caribbean Village Drive home. A tip called into the ECSO led deputies to Brown's whereabouts.

Brown has been charged with violating the Georgia sex offender registry act. He is currently being held in the Effingham County Jail. 

Deputies have arrested Brown previously for failing to register with deputies.

 
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