Sex offender arrested after failing to register, living feet from daycare center in Lee County
A convicted sex offender failing to register, while also living feet from a daycare center in Lee County.
The investigation began when on March 2nd 2023, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office received information in reference to a sex offender living in the Beauregard community of Lee County. Investigators confirmed that Marlyn Brent Eiland Jr. (30) from Opelika had been living in the 300 block of Lee Rd. 409 in Beauregard for the past several months and had not registered as a sex offender in Lee County.
It was also determined that the residence in which he was living was less than 2000 feet from a church daycare center.
Eiland was convicted of Distribution of Obscene Material to a Minor in Russell County in 2013. Since being out of jail he has been registered in Russel County as a sex offender but failed to register in Lee County since his move.
On March 3rd, 2023 Lee County Investigators arrested Eiland at his residence and charged him with:
1 count of SORNA violation for failing to register as a sex offender and 1 count of SORNA violation for residing within 2000 feet of a Daycare.
He is being held in the Lee County Detention Center on a $20,000.00 bond. If bond is made, he will be transported to Russell County jail for another SORNA Violation charge through Phenix City Police Department.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 334-749-5651 or Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP (7867)
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