The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the armed robbery the BP Convenience Store located at Highway 97 and Highway 80. The store was robbed at gun point on Sunday, April 5. The male suspect was last seen wearing a pick hoodie, woodland camouflage pants, red mask with eye holes cutout, and a gold shirt underneath. Investigators say he…
Two men were recently sentenced to federal prison for committing multiple armed robberies across central Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. On January 29, Marcus Greathouse, 41, of Opelika, was sentenced to 72 months (6 years) in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Then, on February 20, Branden Tyrone Matthews, 32, of Camp Hill,…
On February 12, Diamond Markayla Mathis, 24, of Montgomery, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison for her role in committing multiple armed robberies and violating federal firearms laws, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell, and Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley. Following her 11-year prison sentence, Mathis will be on supervised…
A Selma man has been convicted of capital murder for a 2014 shooting. Maurice Pope, 27, has been sentenced to life without parole for a his role in a 2014 armed robbery turned murder. Police say Pope and his co-defendant, Rodney Walters, shot and robbed 62-year old Orlando Robinson of $43 at the Cheers Package Store on Broad Street. Robinson…
Dallas County Sheriff Mike Granthum says investigators need the the public’s help to identify a masked robber. Sheriff Granthum says the suspect entered the Marathon gas station on Highway 80 East Sunday night with a gun and demanded money. He says surveillance footage shows the suspect hopped over the counter, grabbed cash and ran out of the store. Anyone with…
Montgomery police are investigating a robbery of a person in the 900 block of Ann Street at about 7 p.m. Monday. The adult male victim says he met the suspect at Walmart on Ann Street in order to sell electronics. The suspect robbed him of the electronics at gunpoint. The victim was not injured and no arrests have been made….
The Montgomery Police Department is searching for the identity and location of a suspect wanted for Armed Robbery. On Saturday, August 3, at approximately 7:52 PM, a masked male wearing dark pants, a green hoodie, white gloves entered the Sunoco located on Carmichael Road armed with a handgun and demanded money. An undisclosed amount of money was taken. No one…
The Crenshaw County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday evening armed robbery at a Dollar General store. According to investigators, the robbery occurred at approximately 9:52 p.m. at the Dollar General in Highland Home. Three unidentified people wearing masks and armed with handguns entered the business and stole over $3,000 cash just before closing. No one was hurt during the…
Montgomery Police are investigating a Thursday morning armed robbery. Police say a woman was robbed at gunpoint and pepper sprayed around 9:30 Thursday morning in the 6900 block of Atlanta Highway. The victim has minor injuries. No arrests have been made. A suspect description was not immediately available. Categories: News Tags: Armed Robbery, Local News, Montgomery News
Montgomery Police have charged a third teen involved in a shooting near Lee High School, and now say the shooting stemmed from an attempted armed robbery. Police say a 14-year-old that was critically wounded, is one of three suspects charged with multiple felonies in connection with the April 4th shooting on Mallory Street. The teens were charged Wednesday, but have not…
