Authorities arrested a convicted violent sex offender after he reportedly carjacked a woman’s vehicle, forced her to drive to an abandoned house, violated her and then abandoned her and her 1-year-old child. Johnson City police say the the arrest is thanks to surveillance footage from area businesses. A joint investigation by the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) and Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) determined that Christopher Wayne Bennett, 48, entered the woman’s vehicle as she was at an ATM near the West Market and West State of Franklin intersection Tuesday.