Embattled former Diamondhead City Councilman Alan Moran will spend 12 years behind bars on a litany of charges, one being child exploitation, and has had his post-release supervision revoked.
W. Crosby Parker, the district attorney representing Harrison, Hancock, and Stone counties, announced on Thursday that Moran was found to have violated the conditions of his release from prison following a child exploitation conviction. The revocation was spurred by new felony bribery and conspiracy charges related to a misdemeanor stalking conviction Moran received earlier this year.
After being sentenced for sex crimes against a minor in February 2024, Moran once again found himself in the crosshairs of law enforcement after forcing himself upon an employee at the Lowe’s hardware store in Waveland. The 37-year-old ex-politician had gone into the store on multiple occasions, pestering the employee with remarks that made the employee feel “uncomfortable.”
Officials report that at Moran’s revocation hearing, the defendant’s legal team unsuccessfully moved to delay the proceedings. Efforts by the state to prove that Moran committed new felony offenses while under supervision prompted the court to revoke his previously suspended sentence.
“Often, when a probationer reoffends by committing a new felony offense, they receive the balance of their suspended time on the convicted charge, unless there are substantial mitigating circumstances that warrant leniency from the Cour,” Assistant District Attorney Chris Daniel stated.
“If there was ever a reason to give someone the maximum time on a revocation, it would either be for reoffending with the same conduct or intentional interference with the process that is designed to hold him accountable in the first place.”
Moran is scheduled to be arraigned on the bribery and conspiracy charges on August 5 at the Hancock County Courthouse. As for the 12-year prison stint, the former councilman will serve the sentence’s full duration day-for-day without eligibility for parole or probation.
