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Juvenile charged in Friday morning death of 79-year-old in Montgomery
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an early Friday morning homicide in which a juvenile has been arrested. At about 2:30 a.m., deputies went to a house in the 6000 block of West Hickory Grove Road on a report of a shooting, said Capt. Randy Pollard, who heads the office’s investigations division. They found Rueben Squire, 79, dead, Pollard said. The sheriff's office did not release a cause of death. ...
16-year-old dead, another injured in Montgomery shooting
Montgomery police are investigating a Wednesday afternoon shooting that left one 16-year-old dead and another 16-year-old wounded. At about 4:32 p.m., police went to a local hospital on a report of a shooting, said Maj. Saba Coleman, spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. They found two 16-year-old males who had been shot: one juvenile with a non-life threatening gunshot wound and one juvenile male with a life-threatening gunshot wound. The second juvenile was later pronounced dead, Coleman...
Elmore County mother convicted in 'starvation death' of her newborn
WETUMPKA − An Elmore County mother has been convicted in the “starvation death,” of her newborn child, District Attorney CJ Robinson said. “The infant starved to death, plain and simple,” Robinson said. “No rhyme, no reason, never taken to a doctor, no underlying medical condition. He was just simply neglected until he died.” After...
Remains Found in Vicinity of Montgomery Retail District
Authorities are currently conducting a death investigation following the discovery of a man’s body on Monday afternoon in Montgomery, Alabama. According to the Montgomery police, a body has been discovered in a grassy area situated in the 7600 block of Vaughn Road, close to the shopping center anchored by Publix.
Elmore County man convicted in wreck that left woman, 7-year-old girl dead
An Elmore County man has been convicted of felony assault and misdemeanor criminally negligent homicide charges in a fatal car crash that left a woman and seven-year-old girl dead, District Attorney CJ Robinson said. “The number of those driving on our roads after drinking or smoking marijuana is shocking, and as long as that behavior continues people will keep getting hurt, and we will continue to do everything in our power to pursue justice for those victims,”...
Teen charged in shooting that started a violent 24 hours in Montgomery neighborhood
Police have made an arrest in an early morning July 16 homicide that set off a violent 24 hours in a Montgomery neighborhood. My’Quan Morris, 18, of Montgomery, is charged with capital murder, said Maj. Saba Coleman, spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. Morris was identified as the suspect in the July 16 shooting death of Kavone Mosquera, 20, of Montgomery, Coleman said. Morris was taken into custody by MPD and placed in the Montgomery County Detention...
3 Montgomery men sentenced on federal gun charges
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - This week, three men from Montgomery were sentenced for possessing a firearm that had been converted to fully automatic. Deandre Nyquan Lucas, Cammeron Leroy Youngblood, and Derrick Dontrell Taylor were all sentenced in unrelated cases for being in possession of semi-automatic firearms that had been converted to fully automatic with the conversion device commonly known as a “switch” or “auto sear.”
Three on News 3: Death investigation at Winvelly Drive, Tuskegee traffic cam citations lawsuit, GDOT 13th street project
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‘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...
18-year-old charged with capital murder in Montgomery shooting during theft of rifle
A Montgomery teen has been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of another man during a robbery. My’Quan Shyki Morris, 18, is charged in the July 16 slaying 20-year-old Kavone Mosquera, according to court records made public Monday. Police and fire medics were dispatched at 12:35 a.m....
State, local and federal agencies to address crime in Montgomery
MONTGOMERY — 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 Alabama...
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