OR Child Sex Abuse Suspect Arrested In Tennessee
(Roseburg, OR) -- A Roseburg man on the run for nearly a year was recently caught in Tennessee. Jerry Lee Thacker, now 57, was arrested on numerous sex abuse charges in 2022. The alleged victim was a 13-year-old Roseburg girl. He was supposed to go on trial this past January, but didn't show up for court. The U-S Marshals Service took him into custody in Knoxville, Tennessee, where authorities say he'd been living with a family member. He now awaits extradition back to Oregon.



