Missing Rome teen located and Lagrange sex offender arrested

A missing Rome teen has been located unharmed and a Lagrange man is under arrest and charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes.

Police located the missing 15-year old girl at 1435 Hamilton Road Lot 16 in Lagrange.

The teen went missing Wednesday morning at approximately 8 a.m. as she was leaving to go to school. Nichols took all of her clothing with her when she left. Authorities believed that the teen was in danger.

Tracy Bernard McLemore, the 44 year-old-man that the teen was with is a registered sex offender.

According to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry, McLemore was convicted in 2005 of second degree sodomy.

Authorities say it is unclear at this time how the two met at this time, however,calls from the public and information obtained at the residence assisted police in their search to locate the teen.

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