A Georgia man was arrested in Pigeon Forge at 3 PM. Thursday for multiple counts of child molestation. Dennis Dewayne Dockery, age 67, was originally arrested in August of 2021 after police investigations found that he may have been molesting children since 2002.

Dockery was charged but released on bond. On May 13, 2022, he was required to wear an ankle monitor, but reports say he tampered with his ankle monitor, which violated his bond conditions. U.S. Marshals said he then fled the state to escape being arrested.

Local investigators partnered with U.S. Marshals’ Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Atlanta on a two-month manhunt to find Dockery. The investigations revealed that Dockery was possibly in East Tennessee.

The police reported that they found Dockery with a loaded firearm in his waistband in Pigeon Forge. He was taken to Sevier County Jail and was waiting to be transferred to Georgia for his charges.

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