Crime & Safety

Sheriff: Warrant Issued for Sex Offender Who Gave Bad Address

Forsyth County sheriff authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Vincent Brently Hall, 28, who was convicted of child molestation and released from prison this year.

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Vincent Brently Hall was convicted of child molestation in Gwinnett County in 2006 and sentenced to 20 years, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections website. He was imprisonedΒ atΒ Coffee Correctional FacilityΒ from June 2007 to February 2013.

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Forsyth County sheriff's authorities say an arrest warrant has been issued for aΒ sex offender who registered a Cumming address but has never lived there.

Vincent Brently Hall, 28,Β registered as a sex offender Aug. 26Β and gave his address as oneΒ on Chattahoochee Road, but when Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office investigators tried to verifyΒ the address Aug. 27, the "information (they)Β receivedΒ at the address revealed Hall has never lived there," according to the press release.Β 

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Authorities have secured aΒ warrant for Hall's arrest on a charge heΒ violated the sex offender registry by providing false information in reference to his home address.Β 

Hall is described asΒ a African-AmericanΒ man who isΒ 5-feet-9-inches tall and weighsΒ 165 pounds. He hasΒ black hair and brown eyes.

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