Sheriff: Sex offender found living close to school

JACKSON COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - Authorities arrested a registered sex offender in Jackson County after investigators said he was found living too close to a school.

Authorities said Bruce Daniel Belk, 45, of Marion, Tennessee, was living within 2000 feet of a school. Authorities made the arrest after investigators said they received information that Belk was living near a school on Dr. Lee Avenue in Bridgeport.

Belk was previously convicted of aggravated sexual battery in Tennessee.

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