Darrell Lee Bradshaw, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Mississippi 2020

Gulfport, Miss. - In a shocking case of disregard for the law, Darrell Lee Bradshaw, a 51-year-old man from Harrison County, has pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and U.S. Marshal Mark Shepherd.

According to the indictment, Bradshaw was released from prison in Oregon on November 13, 2015, as a Tier III Sex Offender with a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender. He moved to Mississippi in 2016 and was essentially living as a homeless person in or near Harrison County.

Bradshaw did not notify state officials when he left Oregon and failed to register as a sex offender in Mississippi. A no bail/limited extradition warrant for his arrest was issued in Oregon on November 9, 2016, for Parole Violation on his earlier sex abuse conviction.

Bradshaw's continuing residence in Mississippi was documented by other records, including an arrest on unrelated charges by the Ocean Springs Police Department in Jackson County in 2017, and arrests on unrelated charges by the Biloxi Police Department in 2017 and 2018.

Following his arrest in October 2018, Bradshaw was incarcerated in the Harrison County Adult Detention Facility, and a Harrison County Sheriff's Office sex offender registration coordinator, together with the US Marshal's Service, investigated Bradshaw's failure to register as a sex offender.

Bradshaw is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. on February 12, 2020, in Gulfport. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Law enforcement records document that Bradshaw also has been known by the following names or name variations: Darrell Lee Sawyer and Albert Duncan Sawyer.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Marshal's Service, law enforcement officials in the State of Oregon, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the Harrison County Sheriff's Department, and the City of Biloxi Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stan Harris.

Mandatory facts: Defendant/respondent name: Darrell Lee Bradshaw; Exact criminal charges: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender; City and state: Gulfport, Mississippi; Exact date: November 13, 2015; Sentence or outcome: Pleaded guilty; Dollar amounts: $250,000 fine.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/harrison-county-man-pleads-guilty-failure-register-sex-offender