A Tennessee mother came home only to discover that a wanted sex offender, wearing nothing but her daughter’s black shoes, had broken into her apartment.
Daphne Crowley called the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) when upon returning home on Dec. 19 she discovered a nude man, who was later identified as sex offender Michael Tyler Henegar, was burglarizing her home.
Henegar was in the process of stealing a Milwaukee M18 impact drill, a Dewalt 20V handheld work light, and various other items that he was packing into a children’s Scooby-Doo bag.
When Crowley discovered Henegar, she yelled at him and started chasing after him. “I chased him with these sticks cause had I got a hold of him, I would have beat him. But he ran down the street into this pathway,” Crowley said.
Officers, located and arrested Henegar, who had run into a nearby wooded area. Police found a pair of ripped white shoes, believed to belong to Henegar, near the back patio of Crowley’s apartment, where he had entered.
Crowley said she would be having an alarm system installed soon and blocked the patio door with a sofa until then.
“I’m calm now, but at the time I was literally shaking and cried because it’s scary. You think these people are in your house and they are sex offenders and you have your kids running around and you’re thinking you’re safe,” she said.
The KPD discovered that Henegar was convicted in 2014 for sexually exploiting a minor and was also wanted for violating the sex offender registry.
