The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in the Macon County Jail has filed a civil rights lawsuit against three deputies working at the jail, claiming they ignored his pleas for help.
Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that a local political consultant has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the Montgomery County Commission that was supposed to go to charity.
People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be detained and potentially deported even before a conviction.
A former Crenshaw County Jail administrator faces a federal indictment in the alleged assault on a handcuffed inmate, according to the U.S. Justice Department.