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Alabama: Video Shows Man Slaps Bear Across Face To Save Family
Now we have all seen a slap that, well, let’s just say was memorable. Most of us agree that this was the slap felt around the world. Have you ever wondered what you would do if you came face to face with a bear? Now don’t forget to click the video link following this story to see how someone reacted to a face-to-face bear meeting in his yard!
Alabama man charged with trying to rape elderly woman
An Alabama man was arrested Thursday morning in Mississippi after prosecutors said he broke into an elderly woman’s house and attempted to rape her before a neighbor heard her cries for help and came to her aid. Elvis Dewayne Henderson was indicted by the December 2023 Mobile County Grand...
‘They’re going to kill me in here’: Families testify about violence in Alabama prisons
Families of people being held in Alabama prisons testified before lawmakers in Montgomery on Wednesday, sharing accounts of rape, murder, extortion, beatings and rampant drug use. Betty Martin told the prison oversight committee that her son, Derrick, called her to document the stabbing and beatings he suffered during six years...
Stevenson woman sentenced in Chattanooga for COVID-19 unemployment insurance fraud scheme
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A woman from Stevenson, Alabama learned how long she'll spend in prison Wednesday for running a scam to defraud 4 states out of COVID-19 unemployment relief funds. 29-year-old Meghan Pittman will spend the next 18 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of probation, ruled...
Alabama taps state and federal agencies to address crime in Montgomery
MONTGOMERY (AP) — A coalition of Alabama officials announced a new task force that will use state and federal resources to address crime in the state’s capital, amid a persistent staffing shortage in the Montgomery Police Department. The Metro Area Crime Suppression unit will use resources from the...
Police chief reacts to proposed Alabama bill aimed at reducing crime
CALERA, Ala. (WIAT) – One Alabama lawmaker has pre-filed a bill that if signed into law would grant the attorney general or governor the power to appoint an interim police chief in a city that’s deemed to have high crime rates. Calera Police Chief David Hyche says addressing high crime levels goes beyond just one […]
Alabama law enforcement looking for 2 prison inmates who escaped while on assigned jobs
DECATUR, Ala. — Alabama’s Department of Corrections is looking for escaped inmate Randall Lane Sparks, last seen in Decatur. ADOC says Lane left his assigned job in Decatur in Clay County around 7:30 a.m. on July 26. Sparks, 62, was last seen wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt.
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