Many businesses are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won’t sue if they catch COVID-19. Businesses are afraid they could face lawsuits even if they follow social distancing and other government guidelines as they reopen across the U.S. after coronavirus shutdowns. Lawyers say it depends on state law whether the waivers can be enforced. And worker advocates…
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, and Police Chief Ernest Finley are giving more details into the departments move to implement #8CANTWAIT policies. According to Chief Finley, MPD has been using most of the policies for some time now. Finley says the only policy that had to be modified was the duty to intervene policy. Before, only a supervisor could intervene to…
The United States Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force has officially notified CrimeStoppers of the capture of fugitive Vernell Sanders who was wanted for Escape from a State Correctional Facility in Elmore. Sanders had been eluding authorities since October of 2019. He is no longer wanted by law enforcement. A member of the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force tells CrimeStoppers that Vernell Sanders…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Oscar Dewayne Blevins, 26, of Selma, was sentenced in federal court for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Blevins pleaded guilty to the charge in March of 2020. In connection with his guilty plea, Blevins admitted that on December 29, 2019, he was…
Source: City of Selma Selma Mayor Darrio Melton says he’s asking city council members to join him in acknowledging Friday, June 19, as a holiday in the city of Selma. He says he hopes city council will make it a holiday for city employees. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when…
A federal judge says Alabama cannot prohibit local officials from offering curbside voting during the COVID-19 pandemic and loosened restrictions on absentee ballots in three Alabama counties because of the health risk to voters. U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon entered the preliminary injunction Monday evening. Kallon ruled that the potential health risks to older and medically vulnerable voters in…
On Tuesday, June 16, Mayor Steven L. Reed, Montgomery County Commission Chairman Elton Dean, Pike Road Mayor Gordon Stone and other local leaders held a press conference in response to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County. Montgomery County has the highest number of positive coronavirus cases in the state. In response to the large spike in numbers,…
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials announce new screening procedures to go into effect by mid-June. These procedures will minimize physical contact between agents and passengers. The updated procedures are as follows: TSA officials will no longer handle boarding passes. Passengers will touch their own paper or electronic boarding passes to the code reader. They will also be asked to hold it…
UPDATE: The Montgomery Police Department has officially notified CrimeStoppers that Theft/Fraud suspect Anthony Draughon is in Police custody. Draughon was originally shown on a CrimeStoppers segment released on June 10th as an unidentified subject wanted in reference to a Theft and Fraud investigation that occurred on June 6, at 1185 Eastern Boulevard. He was identified as a suspect shortly after…
Richard W. Moore, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Jessie James Turner, Jr., has been sentenced to ten years in prison after his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Turner’s jury trial took place at the federal courthouse in Selma, in November 2019. United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer…
