Sheriff Dennis Meeks said this week that there are more than 100 registered sex offenders in the county.

“There are 26 who are convicted and are currently incarcerated,” he said. “We still have to check on them and make sure they are incarcerated and haven’t been released. We have to know what facility they are in.”

Meeks said there are 106 registered offenders in the county and five are females.

“A lot of people don’t think of females as sex offenders,” he said. “But if y’all will remember over the last year or two, we had some females in Opp.”

Meeks said there are rules that sex offenders must abide by and it’s the department’s job to ensure that convicted sex offenders are complying.

“A registered sex offender cannot live within 2,000 feet of a day care or school or 2,000 feet of their victim,” he said.

Meeks said when sex offenders were first required to start registering, they had to report annually. The law then made it every six months, and now they must report every quarter.

Meeks said they are required to let investigators assigned to sex offenders know if they have moved or if they change workplaces.

“If they have any changes, we have to update (the registry),” he said.

Meeks said offenders are supposed to come in within a few days if they change residences or workplaces.

“Sometimes, they don’t think about,” he said. “And they tell us in the quarterly update.”

Additionally, Meeks said that if a sex offender lives in Andalusia, Opp or Florala, they have to register with that municipality and the sheriff’s office.

“If they travel out of the county for more than 72 hours, they have to let us know,” he said. “Some sex offenders are homeless. They may live under a bridge. They must still be in compliance.”

Meeks said that a sex offender who identifies as homeless must report weekly to investigators.

“I think we have only had to deal with one since I’ve been in office,” he said. “He actually wound up moving to Florida.”

Meeks said convicted sex offenders also have a designation on their driver’s licenses.

According to data available online from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Community Information Center, these sex offenders, who reside in Covington County, and previously have been convicted of a crime, which requires them to register include:

• Ronald Everett Acree, 49, Florala;

• Calvin Lamar Adams Jr., 64, Red Level;

• Tanya Michelle Alexander, 37, Florala;

• Austin Ryan Allen, 22, Opp;

• Clifford Dean Allen, 24, Opp;

• Bobby Charles Anderson, 51, River Falls;

• Brenton Ryals Anderson, 33, Dozier;

• Calvin Lee Benbow, 29, Andalusia;

• Carlton Lee Bender, 50, Florala;

• Ronnie James Bettis, 68, Florala;

• Tiffany Anne Blair, 37, Andalusia;

• Charles Allen Bozeman, 57, Gantt;

• Otis Dean Brooks, 63, Andalusia;

• Christopher Alan Brown, 36, Florala;

• Roy Lester Brown, 71, Andalusia;

• Joseph Anthony Brundidge, 55, Opp;

• Mark Levon Bullock Sr., 50, Red Level;

• Kristina Leanne Burroughs, 33, Opp;

• Darrell Sean Campbell, 45, Andalusia;

• Josh James Carroll, 32, Andalusia;

• Jamie Harold Carter, 59, Opp;

• Johnny Lee Carthon Sr., 57, River Falls;

• Jerry Jefferson Cauley, 48, Opp;

• Terry Lee Chambers, 49, Andalusia;

• Jessie James Clanzy, 70, Andalusia;

• Jonathan Wayne Coon, 29, incarcerated;

• Stanley Luther Coons, 59, Andalusia;

• Edward Folsom Couey, 47, Opp;

• Robert Eugene Courson, 29, Andalusia;

• Gene Marvin Crittenden Sr., 60,  Andalusia;

• Daryl Keron Davis, 36, Opp;

• Michael Dewayne Davis, 41, Wing;

• Robert Dell Dent, 36, incarcerated;

• Thomas Earl Douglas, 71, Wing;

• Mickie Ellison, 58, Andalusia;

• Joshua Wayne Ellzey, 26, Andalusia;

• Quince Allen Estes, 82, Andalusia;

• Bobby Leon Fair, 63, Andalusia;

• Steven Michael Fisher, 41, Andalusia;

• Michael Bruce Foley, 49, Opp;

• Kenneth Gilmore, 49, Opp;

• Phillip Wade Grantham II, 38, Andalusia;

• David Ozie Griggs, 66, Andalusia;

• Russell Sterling Griggs, 61, Andalusia;

• Harold Glenn Hall, 52, River Falls;

• Jimmie Leon Hardee Jr., 32, incarcerated;

• Mark Frederick Harigan, 56, Florala;

• James Coland Harrell Sr., 58, Opp;

• Mary Jane Hartzog, 48, Opp;

• David Ray Heard, 52, Florala;

• Winston Leroy Henley, 46, Andalusia;

• David Daniel Hicks Sr., 71,  Andalusia;

• Ronald Hines, 58, Opp;

• Roger Thomas Howard, 56, Andalusia;

• Christopher Dave Hughes, 38, Florala;

• Sheri Lyn Humble, 53, Andalusia;

• Gerald Ray Hutcheson, 63, Florala;

• Ronald Lee Inzurriaga, 52, Andalusia;

• Christopher Jess Jackson, 31, Opp;

• Leonard Keith Jeffreys, 25, Opp;

• William Lee Johns, 48, Andalusia;

• Curtis Lamar Johnson, 52, Red Level;

• David Dean Johnson, 45, incarcerated;

• Cody Dewayne Jones, 22, Florala;

• Derrick Dewayne Kelley, 34, Andalusia;

• Gary Doyle Kelley, 44, Opp;

• Richard Duane Kelley, 78, Red Level;

• Jason Howard King, 37, Andalusia;

• Robert William Lanier Sr., 58, Opp;

• Virgil Louis Laurendine Jr., 41, Andalusia;

• Danny Ray Lee, 48, Red Level;

• Grady Anthony Lee, 59, Red Level;

• Robert Dennis Lolley, 49, Opp;

• Nathan Aaron Mack, 26, Red Level;

• Donald Windsor Macqueen, 35, Florala;

• Alden Worth Marino Jr., 56, Opp;

• Leon Jamal Marshall, 34, Gantt;

• Robert Steven J. Marshall Jr.,53,  Opp;

• Frank Paul Mayo Jr., 68, Opp;

• Gerald Wayne Melton, 54, Red Level;

• Bill Daniel Mercer, 76, Opp;

• Michael Ray Miller, 51, Opp;

• Vance Eugene Millines, 59, Andalusia;

• Joe Lee Missildine, 67, Opp;

• Michael Derrick Moore, 48, Opp;

• Dallas Tracy Odom Jr., 59, Dozier;

• Justin Kyle Odom, 31, Andalusia;

• Gerald Eugene Palmer, 73, Red Level;

• Perry Demon Parrish, 62, incarcerated;

• Gary Donnell Parsons Jr., 44, Andalusia;

• Jermaine Oneal Phillips, 36, Opp;

• Michael David Piland, 64, Opp;

• Sammy Gene Pio Sr., 53, Opp;

• Larry Donell Pitts, 47, Andalusia;

• Danny Paul Poole, 64, Andalusia;

• John Monroe Powell, 59, Andalusia;

• Brian Toraine Powers Sr., 45, Andalusia;

• Tracy Owen Purdin, 46, Andalusia;

• Franklin Bismarck Quesada III, 27, Andalusia;

• Coy Lee Rhudy, 67, Andalusia;

• Morgan Dale Riley, 59, Andalusia;

• Rhett Barton Riley, 24, Opp;

• David Lee Robertson, 53,  Andalusia;

• Donald Evans Rowell, 73, Andalusia;

• Ray Randall Russell, 69, Andalusia;

• Oscar Sims, 69, Red Level;

• Chase Alexander Smith, 26, Andalusia;

• Paul Harold Smith, 50, Andalusia;

• Malcolm Cleveland Soles, 61, Andalusia;

• Albert Jackson Sorrells, 52, Andalusia;

• William David Sorrells, 81, Gantt;

• Billy Ray Stackhouse Sr., 55, Opp;

• James Earl Stackhouse, 56, Opp;

• Matthew Stallworth III, 56, Andalusia;

• Huel Dean Stanley, 62, Andalusia;

• Austin Tyler Sutton, 22, Andalusia;

• Jennifer Denise Taylor, 36, Andalusia;

• Melvin Eugene Teeters Sr., 60, Red Level;

• Larry Donnell Thomas, 43, Lockhart;

• William Thompson Jr.,65, Andalusia;

• James Jeffery Thrash, 58, Lockhart;

• Donald Fredrick Vanhook, 29, Andalusia;

• Devon Dray Vaughn, 29, Andalusia;

• Corey Andrew Walden, 30, Opp;

• Robert Dale Waldron, 52, Andalusia;

• Jonathan Lee Wallace, 42, Opp;

• Walter William Watson II, 46, Andalusia;

• Anthony Antron Wilkins, 35, Lockhart;

• Gary Lavel Williamson, 57, Andalusia;

• Collis Levohn Worley, 72, Andalusia;

• James Robert Zander, 54, Andalusia

Sex offenders registered in Covington County have been convicted of a variety of crimes including child exploitation and computer pornography, rape, sex abuse, sodomy, lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14; indecent liberties, procuring rooms for prostitution and aiding and abetting prostitution, use of interstate commerce to entice an individual under 18 to engage in sexual activity, assault with intent to ravish, and more.

Not all sex crimes were committed in Covington County. Some were from out of state and other Alabama counties.

To view sex offenders in Covington County, visit: https://app.alea.gov/Community/wfSexOffenderSearch.aspx