GREENVILLE — A federal jury has convicted a Tennessee man on three counts of transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sex, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi announced this week.
Jurors found Terry Dewayne Macon, 27, guilty after hearing evidence that he repeatedly traveled from Tennessee to Mississippi in 2024 to pick up a 14-year-old girl he had met online. Prosecutors said Macon drove the teen back to Tennessee on three occasions and later admitted to engaging in sex acts with her.
The FBI located the missing teen on Aug. 28, 2024, at a residence in Grand Junction, Tennessee, and returned her home safely. Testimony at trial included statements from the minor, her mother, and two FBI Task Force Officers.
Macon will be sentenced at a later date by Chief U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown.
At the time of the crimes, Macon was serving a term of federal supervised release. Following the guilty verdict, Judge Brown sentenced him to 24 months for the release violations. That sentence will run concurrent with his upcoming punishment in the sex-offense case.
U.S. Attorney Scott F. Leary and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Eikhoff announced the conviction.
The FBI Jackson Field Office and the Corinth Police Department investigated the case, with assistance from FBI Nashville, the Jackson Resident Agency, and other Tennessee law enforcement partners. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Julie Addison and Parker King are prosecuting the case.
The prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, a national initiative aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse.
