05/21/2026
Great work by Assistant District Attorneys Eli Freeman and Leticia Alexander, along with Deputy Jody McCutchen and Detective John Compton of the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, helped secure the conviction of Kippy Lee Lynch following a 3-day jury trial in Sumner County Criminal Court. Lynch was found guilty of multiple charges including Aggravated Burglary, Burglary, Theft, DUI, and drug offenses stemming from a 2023 Hendersonville burglary investigation. He remains incarcerated and faces up to 27 years in prison at sentencing.
MAN CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND OTHER CHARGES
Wednesday, following a 3-day jury trial in Sumner County Criminal Court, Assistant District Attorneys Eli Freeman and Leticia Alexander secured convictions for Aggravated Burglary, Burglary, Theft, Attempt to Commit Burglary, DUI, and Simple Possession of Co***ne against Kippy Lee Lynch (51) of Bryson City, NC.
During the trial, Generals Freeman and Alexander proved that beginning late on the night of January 13, 2023, and into the early morning hours of January 14, 2023, Lynch and his co-defendant got high on co***ne and entered a home in the Island Brook subdivision of Hendersonville while the owner was inside asleep. Once inside, Lynch and his co-defendant filled several backpacks full of valuable property from the victim's garage and took a handgun from inside the victim's vehicle. As Lynch and his co-defendant tried to escape on foot with the stolen property back to their vehicle, which had been parked outside of the subdivision to avoid detection, several items of stolen property were left on the ground and later located by law enforcement. One of those items was a backpack containing a significant amount of the victim's property as well as a Bible inscribed with Lynch's name. Lynch was located and arrested later on the morning of the 14th by Dep. Jody McCutchen and Det. John Compton of the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, where he was found at the wheel of a vehicle about to turn on to New Shackle Island Road under the influence of co***ne, methamphetamine, ma*****na, and va**um.
Lynch has been in jail since his arrest and faces up to 27 years in prison. He will be sentenced by Criminal Court Judge Dee David Gay on August 7th. We are grateful for the cooperation of the victim in this case, the investigatory work of the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, as well as the assistance in processing forensic evidence by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. We also wish to recognize Victim Witness Coordinator Sally Ann Pirtle for her never-ending hard work in assisting the prosecutors and the victim throughout this case.
