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CRIME & SAFETY
Capital murder suspect surrenders in Hoover woman’s Birmingham shooting death
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Hoover woman in Birmingham is in custody. Demetrious Dewayne Kidd, 41, is charged with capital murder in the killing of Nikita Nicole Walker. Kidd surrendered to police on Friday, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald. He was booked into the Jefferson County Jail...
Alabama Man Receives Over Five Years for Possessing Postal Key And Stolen Mail
A Birmingham man has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison for possessing a stolen U.S. Postal Service (USPS) key and stolen mail, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector-in-Charge Scott D. Fix, Houston Division. Derrell Allen Matthews, 27, was sentenced to 63...
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