Struggling for many years with a heroin addiction, Hawes was arrested in 1958 on his 30th birthday for selling a small amount of heroin to an undercover federal agent, and was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison hospital.
Struggling for many years with a heroin addiction, Hawes was arrested in 1958 on his 30th birthday after being coerced by an undercover federal agent to sell him a small amount of heroin. Despite pleading guilty, Hawes was sentenced to 10 years-twice the mandatory minimum-in a federal prison hospital.