The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating a fatal stabbing of an inmate that occurred at the Elmore Correctional Facility on Tuesday. At approximately 6:35 p.m., a corrections lieutenant observed an inmate in the prison yard who was in distress. Officers responding…
The IRS says it is seeing a big drop in the number of tax refunds being stolen by identity thieves after the agency teamed up with tax preparers to fight the problem. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Tuesday that the…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in connection with the July 21 fatal shooting of Rebecca Quillin, 73, and the attempted murder of an adult male. MPD charged Johnel Travis, 27, with capital murder and attempted murder in connection with the shooting. Travis was placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility,…
11:15 P.M. UPDATE: Montgomery Police say the man injured in the shooting died Sunday night at a local hospital. Â The incident is now being investigated as a homicide. No further information is available at this time. Montgomery Police are investigating…
The Crenshaw County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that Carlos Burnett is back in police custody.  Burnett was wanted for escape. On July 21, Carlos Burnett was an inmate in the Crenshaw County Detention Facility. At approximately 11:00 p.m. Burnett…
Authorities say an argument over cutting grass on disputed property led to a fatal shooting. The Montgomery Advertiser reported Thursday that Autauga County Sheriff Joe Sedinger said 59-year old John Brown had been cutting grass on disputed property Saturday, the…
O.J. Simpson will be paroled after serving nine years in prison for a botched bid to retrieve sports memorabilia in Las Vegas. A Nevada parole board decided Thursday that the 70-year-old former football, TV and movie star will be released…
A judge has sentenced a former Alabama educator to more than 30 years in prison on child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler imposed the sentence Thursday on 40-year-old Brett Kirkham of Tuscaloosa. Kirkham is a former principal at…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a family was driving back from a Florida vacation to their home in Birmingham, Alabama, when a feud between a father and a son ended in homicide. GBI Special Agent in Charge J.T. Ricketson…
On Monday, July 17, the Criminal Investigations Division(CID) detectives of the Selma Police Department arrested Frederick Lee Simmons, 36 , of Selma. Simmons was arrested without incident, for Attempted Murder and Assault 2nd Degree. The charges stemmed from the investigation of a…
