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	Fugitive Sex Offender Back in Metro Jail My Fox Atlanta July 10, 2009 http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Fugitive_Sex_Offender_Back_in_Metro_Jail_070809 DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA) - A convicted child molester who was on the run for more than seven years was found leading a new life as a youth pastor. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office tracked down Larry Whitley in Knoxville, Tennessee and he was brought back to Georgia in handcuffs Wednesday. Larry Whitley, 53, is scheduled to make his first court appearance in Douglas County Thursday morning. Whitley tried to hide his face as he was walked into the Douglas County jail Wednesday night. Police said Whitley tried to hide his true identity for more than seven years and created a whole new life in Tennessee under a fake name. "He set up a whole new identity as far as everyone was concerned up there, his name was Robert Moon," said Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller. Sheriff Miller said Whitley is a convicted child molester who skipped probation and disappeared seven years ago. Whitley was working at a Wal-Mart store in Knoxville and also volunteered as a youth pastor at a Baptist church. "They look for those kinds of jobs and those kinds of activities so it really concerns us," said Sheriff Miller. Whitley walked with a limp Wednesday because police said when they cornered him, he tried to run. "He was arrested at the Wal-Mart he ran they chased him down he suffered some minor injuries," said Sheriff Whitley. The sheriff said even though it has been seven years since Whitley went missing, they never stopped looking for him and that someone in the Douglas County Sheriff's Office has been working on the case the entire time. "To sexually molest a child, it doesn't get any worse than that in my opinion so we're going to do everything we can to keep these guys off the street," said Sheriff Miller.
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