Brewton residents are arrested for violating SORNA multiple times
Two Brewton residents, who were originally convicted of sex acts against children, were arrested last week for violating the Sexual Offender Registration Notification Act (SORNA).
Aaron Lee Hicks, 48, 1675 South Boulevard, and Danny Darrell Hayes, 30, 130 Ball Lane, were both arrested by investigators with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.
Hicks was originally charged on July 25, 2000,with sexual assault on two children under the age of 12 in Escambia County, Fla.
Hicks was arrested Feb. 14 for his third SORNA violation in the county. Hicks was observed by law enforcement officers working at a car wash on St. Nicholas Avenue, which is adjacent to Jennings Park. Inv. Bruce Shue said due to Hicks' original conviction involving children, he was not allowed to work within 500 feet of a public park. He was also cited for failing to notify law enforcement that he was working at that location.
Hicks was previously arrested on SORNA violations on Oct. 23, 2015 for an identification card violation and again on Oct. 30, 2016 for residing in a home that included a minor less than 12 years old.
Hayes was originally convicted on April 12, 2012 in Escambia County, Fla., for sexual battery of a child between the ages of 12 and 16.
Hayes was released from the Escambia County Detention Center on Feb. 6, 2018 on one SORNA violation and was arrested again Feb. 16 for failing to register once he got out of jail.
Shue said when a sex offender is released from jail he or she has three business days to register with the county and provide an address on where he or she will be living.
Escambia County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mike Lambert said investigators with the sheriff's office monitor the 90 registered sex offenders in the county on a daily basis.
“When they are convicted they are told what they can do and what they can't do,” Lambert said. “We make periodic checks to make sure they are living where they say they are living and are following their sentencing orders. Our top priority is to make sure people in the community are safe.”
