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A convicted sex offender's been secretly living in East Nashville for over a decade. Tonight, Facebook brings his past crime to the forefront. It all came to light when he sent a friend request to his original victim. Corissa Spencer lives in Oregon, where the abuse happened when she was a little girl. She tells FOX17 that after Craig Robinett sent the Facebook friend request, she realized he's now living in Tennessee. She checked the Sex Offender Registry here and discovered he's not registered, so she called police and he was arrested. We caught up with Robinett at his home on Welcome Lane in East Nashville this evening.
"I have registered at this point," says Robinett. "I moved here in '97. I went to register. They said at the time I didn't have to. They didn't tell me anything otherwise until they arrested me."
Tonight, we talked with Corissa Spencer by phone from her home in Oregon.
"It makes me feel sick, and it makes me feel sad because I would hate for any other child to have gone through what I did because he did not register, because he hid under the radar," says Spencer. "The fact he did hide makes me feel as though he did hurt other children or planned to, because if you're legally obligated to register as a sex offender and you don't, there's a reason that you don't."
Robinett is Corissa's stepfather. He's already posted bond. He is currently on the Sex Offender Registry.
"I have registered at this point," says Robinett. "I moved here in '97. I went to register. They said at the time I didn't have to. They didn't tell me anything otherwise until they arrested me."
Tonight, we talked with Corissa Spencer by phone from her home in Oregon.
"It makes me feel sick, and it makes me feel sad because I would hate for any other child to have gone through what I did because he did not register, because he hid under the radar," says Spencer. "The fact he did hide makes me feel as though he did hurt other children or planned to, because if you're legally obligated to register as a sex offender and you don't, there's a reason that you don't."
Robinett is Corissa's stepfather. He's already posted bond. He is currently on the Sex Offender Registry.
Saturday, August 25 2012, 01:38 AM CDT
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Courthouse in line for repairs, updates
May 25, 2013 15:50 GMT
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- Officials in Coffee County are looking to update their historic courthouse instead of replacing the 141-year-old structure.
After all, they said the building is in pretty good shape. As far as repairs, it just needs some new paint and molding, as well as work to repair some water damage. But county maintenance director Robert Gilliam says the entire structure needs updating in order to make it last until the next century.
Gilliam and County Mayor David Pennington told the Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/19ivpQ6 ) that officials have taken care to maintain the building and it hasn't had any major renovations in decades.
Historical society spokeswoman Joanna Lewis said the group is trying to come up with fundraising ideas for the project.
Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, http://www.timesfreepress.com
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