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Five Alabama residents charged with sex trafficking, related crimes, feds say
Five Alabama residents have been indicted on on federal sex trafficking charges, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. A federal judge in the Middle District of Alabama unsealed tje eight-count indictment charging the five with sex trafficking and other related crimes. Kimani Jones, 30, Treymane Lambert, 48, and Aleecia Scott, 27, of...
1 swimmer drowns, 2 others rescued off Gulf Shores, authorities say
Alabama authorities said a Mississippi man drowned in the waters off Gulf Shores Sunday. The man, identified as Darius Marquelle Smith, 23, of Amory, Mississippi, was recovered Sunday afternoon. First responders attempted to revive him and he was taken to a Mobile hospital where he was pronounced dead a short...
1 child dead, three other people, including 1-year-old injured in Alabama interstate crash, state troopers say
An 10-year-old Mississippi child was killed early Sunday in an highway accident, Alabama state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 6:55 a.m. Sunday, and claimed the life of a Belden, Miss., juvenile. The 10-year-old, who was a passenger in the 2023 Nissan Versa, was critically injured when the...
Alabama man killed when car plows into utility pole, then ditch, state troopers say
An Alabama man was killed early Friday when his car struck a utility pole and then a ditch, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 12:05 a.m. Friday, and claimed the life of a Montgomery, Alabama, man. David L. Comer, 36, was fatally injured when the 2000 Mercury...
Alabama pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident, here’s what we know
An Alabama pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run motorist Thursday, officials said. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said the victim was identified as Dwight Lemar McCall, 62, of Birmingham. McCall was a pedestrian in the 8300 block of 1st Avenue North in Birmingham when an unidentified...
‘Monster’ gets 8 life sentences for kidnapping two Alabama teen girls, sexually torturing them
An Alabama man described as a “monster” for a violent, deadly crime spree across two states was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences Thursday. Michael Jerome Butler, 37, of Greenville, was charged with kidnapping, rape, sexual torture and sodomy in the 2022 abduction of two 17-year-old girls from a Prattville Walgreens store. The girls were later released and helped identify Butler.
Louisiana mother brutally murdered, one of her two children found slain in Mississippi, authorities said
One of two girls who went missing and for whom an Amber Alert was issued to cellphones across the Mississippi and Louisiana Thursday has been found dead. On Thursday, an Amber Alert was issued for a 4-year-old girl and her 6-year-old sister after their mother, Callie Brunett, was found brutally slain in her Louisiana home. Brunett and the children had been missing for 24 hours before she was found dead.
Alabama man admits to money laundering as part of $2.3 million e-mail fraud scheme
An Alabama man admitted in federal court Tuesday to money laundering charges related to a $2.3 million email fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said. Robert Carlton Howard, 39, of Vestavia Hills, pleaded guilty Tuesday to laundering approximately $2.3 million in illicit funds derived from business email compromise schemes targeting American businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples.
One man dead, two other people injured in head-on collision, state troopers say
A head-on collision Wednesday morning left an Alabama man dead and two others injured, state troopers said. The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, and claimed the life of a Dora, Alabama, man. Wayne K. Ferguson, 44, was fatally injured when the 2000 Chevrolet S10 he was driving...
Three charged with murder of Alabama 16-year-old; police release few details on what happened
Three Alabama men have been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed Monday afternoon, police said Wednesday. At approximately 2:30 p.m. Monday police were called to investigate a shooting on Spruce Circle. There they found a 16-year-old boy who had been shot. The victim,...
Alabama motorcyclist thrown from Harley Davidson, killed early Tuesday
An Alabama motorcyclist was killed early Tuesday when his Harley Davidson motorcycle left the road, flipped over and ejected the man, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, and claimed the life of a Bankston, Alabama, man. Walter D. Watkins Jr., 52, was fatally injured...
Alabama teen killed, another injured in ATV accident
An Alabama teenager was killed Monday when the ATV he was operating struck an embankment and flipped over, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash involving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) occurred at approximately 4:17 p.m. Monday, and claimed the life of a Jemison, Alabama, man. Shawn A. Smith, 19, was fatally...
Three Alabama men burning trash engulfed in flames over weekend; one man dies from injuries
Three Alabama men burning trash became engulfed in flames late Saturday night killing one of the men, officials said. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said Michael Earl Williams Jr., 21, of Birmingham, was severely burned at approximately 11:18 p.m. Saturday while he and two others were burning a trash pile and used some sort of accelerant to start the fire.
Doctor, wife admit to illegally distributing drugs at Alabama medical practice
A former doctor and her wife pleaded guilty today to crimes involving the medical practice they ran in north Alabama for many years. United States Attorney Prim Escalona, FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton Peeples, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Hofer, and Special Agent in Charge Tamela Miles of the Department of Health and Human Service Office of the Inspector General Atlanta Region made the announcement.
More details, photo gallery of Alabama dog-fighting bust
More details have been released on an Alabama dog fighting ring discovered by law enforcement officers on Saturday. Mobile County Sheriff’s Office deputies said they executed a search warrant at 13020 Williams Avenue in Axis, Alabama. There they found evidence indicating a large dog fighting operation. Deputies arrested 29...
Kia tells SUV owners to ‘park outside’ due to fire risk as company recall hits nearly half million vehicles
Kia America has issued a “park outside” recall for 462,869 model year 2020-2024 Telluride vehicles because of a risk of fire while parked or driving. The automaker is advising owners to park their vehicles outside and away from other vehicles and structures until the recall repair has been completed.
House fire turns into homicide investigation after human remains found in trunk of car, Alabama officials say
Alabama criminal investigators are searching for clue after fire crews found human remains in the trunk of a burning vehicle at a vacant house on Saturday morning. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said that Birmingham Fire and Rescue officials were called to a fire at an vacant house in the 300 block of Barbee Street in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
America’s oldest pro baseball field in Alabama to be featured in new documentary Rickwood: The Soul of Birmingham
America’s oldest professional ballpark is not in New York, Chicago or Boston. It is Rickwood Field, founded in 1910 in Birmingham, Alabama. Rickwood, host to nearly 200 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, was the site of the 2013 movie “42” about pioneering baseball legend Jackie Robinson, and is the former home of the Negro Leagues’ Birmingham Black Barons – which in 1948 signed a 17-year-old Willie Mays. On June 18, 2024 it will host a Minor League Baseball game featuring the Montgomery Biscuits and the Birmingham Barons – honoring the Negro Leagues legacy by playing as the Montgomery Grey Sox and Birmingham Black Barons. This will be followed on June 20 by a special Major League Baseball contest at Rickwood between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants.
Mother of Alabama teen shark victim: It was a terrible accident, but ‘God was there’
The mother of an Alabama teenage girl who was attacked by a shark Friday wrote details Sunday of the horrific attack her daughter sustained. Ann Blair Gribbin wrote the harrowing account of her daughter Lulu Gribbing’s shark attack. She wrote the account on the Caring Bridge site early Sunday.
Dog fighting ring busted, 23 people arrested, 14 dogs seized, Alabama sheriff says
Nearly two dozen people were arrested and 14 dogs confiscated Saturday after Alabama sheriff’s deputies uncovered a criminal dog fighting ring. Mobile County Sheriff’s Office deputies said at approximately 8 p.m. Saturday night, deputies executed a search warrant at a residence at 13020 Williams Avenue in Axis, Alabama.
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