PCSO Completes Sex Offender Checks Prior To Academic School Year.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office recently partnered with the U.S. Marshals Service to conduct 90 sex offender registry checks across the county.

Sheriff Eddie Farris said Operation Eagle Eye generated five warrants, three arrests and two holds on offenders in other county jails.

“It’s important to me that the citizens know that we are certainly going to keep a close check on these individuals,” Farris said. “As we all know, sex offenders are very prone to repeat what they are in trouble with to start with. We certainly don’t want that occurring a second time on our watch here in this county.”

Farris did not release the identities of those arrested. He did say that the U.S. Marshals Service funded the entire operation.

Since January of 2015, PCSO has completed 330 in home verifications, and attempted 108 more. This has totaled to 700 hours of work and 13 warrants that led to arrests.

The PCSO encourages citizens to educate themselves by familiarizing yourself with the TBI’s website (https://www.tn.gov/tbi/section/tennessee-sex-offender-registry).

The site is a resource on sex offender laws in Tennessee, the registry and even has helpful search tools to research names and locations.