PRESS RELEASE
(Escambia County, Florida) On July 16, 2025, Circuit Court Judge Amy Brodersen sentenced Bryan Alexander Hicks to 40 years in Florida’s Department of Corrections.
On October 2, 2022, Escambia County Sheriff Office Sergeant A. Vinson made a traffic stop upon the Defendant’s vehicle. Deputies located a container containing eight rounds of ammunition which had been thrown from the Defendant’s vehicle as well as a firearm magazine loader inside of the vehicle. Based upon the discovery of these items, deputies retraced the Defendant’s path of travel whereupon they located a stolen .380 Ruger containing 32 rounds of ammunition and a Glock 17 9-mm pistol near the roadway of Creighton Road. Both firearms were sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for DNA analysis. The Defendant’s DNA was located on the .380 Ruger.
On May 21, 2025, a jury found the Defendant guilty of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. The jury also found the Defendant qualified as a Habitual Felony Offender, a Habitual Violent Felony Offender, and as a Violent Career Criminal.
At sentencing, Deputy Chief Assistant State Attorney Frederick V. Longmire highlighted the Defendant’s extensive prior record which includes seventeen prior felonies and ten prior misdemeanor offenses ranging from Robbery with a Firearm, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Carrying a Concealed Firearm, Possession of Cocaine, Resisting Law Enforcement Without Violence, and Possession of Marijuana.
Longmire, stated “the Defendant’s actions and continued propensity to commit crime indicate he remains a danger to citizens of Escambia County, Florida, and a maximum sentence of forty years in prison is necessary.” As a result of the jury and the Court’s findings, 30 years of the Defendant’s sentence must be served as a mandatory minimum sentence.
