New Details After Missing Child Found with ‘Pervert’ During Flagler County Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says

Convicted Sex Offender with Lurid Criminal Past Charged with Kidnapping and Beating 11-Year-Old Boy

Darnell Wayne Hairston, a 60-year-old convicted sex offender with a long history of violent crimes, was arrested in Flagler County following a New Year’s Eve traffic stop. After a violent struggle with deputies, authorities discovered an 11-year-old kidnapping victim in his truck. The child had been missing for three days and was allegedly tortured at a remote campsite. Hairston now faces several first-degree felonies, including kidnapping, aggr…

11-year-old rescued during Flagler County traffic stop says he was kidnapped

FCSO said the victim told them how Hairston had lured him to a wooded campsite in Flagler Estates

Traffic stop leads Florida police to missing child

Traffic stop leads Florida police to missing child

New details after missing child found with ‘pervert’ during Flagler County traffic stop, sheriff says

Days after a registered sex offender was found with a missing child in Central Florida, deputies have released more information about what exactly happened.On Tuesday, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced that deputies conducted a traffic stop of a pickup truck along U.S. Highway 1 after someone called in about “suspicious activity.”During the traffic stop, deputies found the driver — identified as 60-year-old Darnell Hairston of Hastin…

Flagler Sheriff: Missing 11-year-old boy was kidnapped, tied up by suspect

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly has released additional details after a 60-year-old registered sex offender was recently found with an 11-year-old boy, who was reported missing in St. Johns County, and a 15-year-old boy.

Sex Offender faces new charges after 11-year-old kidnapped, strangled at Flagler campsite - Technology Shout

A registered sex offender is facing more charges after Flagler County detectives say he strangled an 11-year-old boy, tied him up and forced him to drink and smoke marijuana at a campground for three days. Flagler County deputies discovered the missing 11-year-old St. Johns County boy when they pulled over 60-year-old Darnell Hairston on U.S. 1 on New Year’s Eve. Authorities received a tip that Hairston, a known sex offender, was found with two …