Two brothers are facing charges in connection with the theft of cattle from the community of New Harmony. The sheriff’s office in DeKalb County worked together with the state’s Agriculture Rural Crime Unit to investigate the disappearance of about 50 head of cattle between May 13 and 24. Additionally, reports indicated that farm equipment was […]
On May 26, shortly before 5:30 p.m., Alabama police received a report of an active shooter in a residential area. The initial report allegedly stated that an unidentified man had fired shots in his own home. His roommate left the property after the accused man is said to have fired a shot toward him. The […]
On the morning of April 25, a seven-year old girl discovered the bodies of her mother and her mother’s boyfriend in her home near Avenue N and 57th Place, in Ensley. The mother was 27, and the boyfriend was 36. According to a statement from the neighbor who first called police, he encountered the young […]
An Alabama teen was detained after allegedly assaulting a fellow student at a high school, resulting in the second student’s hospitalization on May 1. Local authorities reported that a 15-year-old student supposedly attacked a 14-year-old student on campus in the afternoon. The following day, the alleged attacker provided authorities with a statement of the incident […]
A 19-year-old who was accused of planning to set off homemade explosives at his high school is seeking to avoid jail time and get probation instead. The teenager was originally arrested in January of 2013 when he was 17. A high school history teacher reported that the student had written thoughts about plans to bomb […]
A man who was charged with murder for the death of another man in has been found not guilty by a jury. The defense contended throughout the case that the man had acted in self-defense. The incident occurred in 2012 at the home of the man who was fatally wounded. According to defense attorneys, their […]
The Alabama Senate passed a bill this year that permits crimes to be expunged in some cases in whcih a person was charged but not convicted. A senator backing the bill explained that he has heard from a number of people whose lives are still affected by prior incidents for which they were never convicted. […]
Tuscaloosa police officers detained a 51-year-old woman after an alleged shooting on the evening of April 14. Following the incident, a 36-year-old man was taken to a medical facility for a gunshot wound and ultimately succumbed to his injuries, according to a representative of the Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit. Police took the woman into custody […]
A 27-year-old Alabama man faces charges in the death of a man, also 27, in an April 1 shooting in Birmingham. He was detained on the murder charge at the Jefferson County Jail, and his bond was placed at $200,000. Gunshots sounded right before 2 p.m., and authorities responded to the site to see the […]
A 56-year-old Shelby County resident was taken into custody on March 25 on suspicion of supplying prisoners with the prescription pharmaceutical Suboxone. He is being charged with second-degree conspiracy to promote prison contraband and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. His preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 9. According to court documents, he worked with […]