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Police Officer’s Killer Calls Tuscaloosa Jail Inhumane After 5 Years With No Trial
A man who killed a Tuscaloosa Police investigator more than five years ago says he's being subjected to inhumane treatment in the Tuscaloosa County Jail and continues to plead for a transfer or trial. The TPD officer, Investigator Dornell Cousette, was fatally wounded during a September 2019 gunfight with then-20-year-old...
Tuscaloosa County School System on ‘heightened awareness’ following news of hoax threat
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — The Tuscaloosa County School System has been put on “heightened awareness” following news of threats directed at different schools nationwide. On Thursday, the school system put out a statement about how police had been made aware of an online group with a history of making “swatting” calls, where law enforcement is […]
1 killed, 1 hurt in hail of gunfire outside Shell, Boston Fish Supreme on Birmingham’s 3rd Ave. West
One man was killed, and a bystander seriously injured when a barrage of gunfire outside two Birmingham businesses previously labeled by city officials as a “launching pad for criminal activity.”The shots rang out about 3 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Third Avenue West outside the Shell station and Boston Fish Supreme.
Cullman man killed in Walker County crash
WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A Cullman man was killed in a single-vehicle crash that occurred in Walker County on Saturday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports. Richard M. McClintock Jr., 42, was injured when the 2016 GMC Sierra Pickup he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. McClintock was not using a […]