MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a former assistant police chief has been sentenced for beating a man during an interrogation, making false statements and selling drugs. Authorities said in a release Friday that 41-year-old former assistant Tallassee police…
Steven Joshua Dinkle, 30, a former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark, Alabama chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), was arraigned in federal court on March 22, 2016 on charges of being a felon in possession of…
On Wednesday, March 23, Daquan Denzell Sheely, 20, of Jacksons Gap, Alabama was arrested and charged with Promoting Prison Contraband, 1st degree. Preliminary investigation that Sheely was found to have a handgun in the facility that was recovered after receiving information that he…
Around 8:30 Wednesday night on Interstate 65 in Greenville, a man was hit and killed by a vehicle. Troopers say 27-year old Gene Schofield died when a vehicle hit him while on the shoulder. Schofield, a tow truck operator, was assisting…
[gtxvideo vid="LIDWgcrH" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LIDWgcrH-120.jpg?cachebust=1458916445518" vtitle="WAKA_2016_03_24_23_06_39"] A judge has found probable cause to send the case of Montgomery police officer Aaron Smith to a grand jury. Smith appeared in court today for a preliminary hearing in connection to the Feb. 25 shooting death…
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is searching for Curtis Robinson. Robinson is wanted for multiple active burglary and theft warrants. Investigators advise that Curtis Robinson is responsible for breaking into at least four homes in the Montgomery County Ramer – Grady area…
A missing woman's body was found in Clarke County, in the trunk of a car. Monique Presnall-Kidd of Grove Hill, AL, was found dead behind a business in the Walker Springs Community. She was reported missing Thursday when she didn't…
In Elmore County Circuit Court today, 21-year old Miles Pepping, of Deatsville, pled guilty to Manslaughter, Assault 3rd, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Obstructing Governmental Operation. Pepping was arrested in January 2015 for the single vehicle crash that occurred on…
On Monday, March 14th, MPD responded to the 3000 block of Highland Avenue on a call of possible sexual abuse. After further investigation, Francisco Cardenas was developed as a suspect. He was charged with  two counts of Rape 1st,  two…
Attorney General Luther Strange announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday upheld the murder and first-degree rape convictions of Shawn McClain.  McClain, 31, of Georgiana, was convicted in the Butler County Circuit Court in August of 2015 for…
