Montgomery police have charged a man in a shooting. Dewontis Groomster, 22, is charged with the shooting. Dewontis Groomster On Monday, January 18, Police responded to a call of a shooting in the 2800 block of Eastern Boulevard. At the scene, they located an adult male with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. While Montgomery police doesn’t identify the business…
Former State Senator David Burkette plans to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of campaign finance violation. Burkette required to pay a $3,000 under the plea agreement will also waive his right to an appeal. Taken into custody on September 3, police charged Burkette with failing to deposit $3,625 in campaign contributions into his campaign checking account, a violation of…
On Thursday, September 3, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest of former State Senator David Burkette. Burkette accused of violating the Fair Campaign Practices Act resigned from his position as senator on Tuesday, September 1. Burkette, 63, of Montgomery, charged with failing to deposit campaign contributions into his campaign checking account, a violation of Ala. Code § 17-5-6 (1975)….
The Montgomery Police Department has charged La’Vonte Brisker, 22, of Montgomery, with the murder of Aaron Albright. Albright fatally shot on August 14 was 24-years-old. On Friday, August 14, around 11:18 a.m., police and medics responded to a call of a person shot. The shooting occurred in the 4900 block of Plaza Drive. At the scene, police located Albright with…
Montgomery Police made several arrest outside of the State Capitol on Tuesday. Protesters attempted to spray paint the street in front of the Capitol steps. The protest was sponsored by the group S.O.S. also known as Save Ourselves Movement. Throughout the spring and summer the group has held protest for medicaid expansion on the Capitol steps. Earlier this month, at…
Apoliner Teopanci-Mariano The Montgomery Police Department has charged a man with sexual assault of a child under the age of 12. MPD charged Apoliner Teopanci-Mariano, 35, with first degree Sodomy and Sexual Abuse of a Child Less Than 12. The incident is said to have happened on July 20 around 11 am. Teopanci-Mariano was identified as the suspect, taken into…
All five leaders of SOS, the Save OurSevlves Movement for Justice and Democracy, and Black Lives Matter showed up at Monday at the City of Montgomery Police Station to voluntarily turn themselves in on warrants issued late Thursday and Friday night. Those leaders were: Faya Rose Toure, John Zippert, Karen Jones, Johnny Ford and Juan McFarland, II. A number of…
On July 8, around 7:00 AM, Lee County Sheriff’s Investigators, Lee County SWAT members, Muscogee County, Georgia Investigators, Alabama Game and fish officers, members of the Alabama Fire Marshals Office and The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency SWAT team conducted two search warrants in Lee County in reference to illegal drug sales. During the searches, Investigators located approximately seven ounces of…
HOOVER, Ala. — In a Sunday evening press conference, the Hoover Police Department announced 22-year-old Montez Moses Coleman of Birmingham was arrested as a suspect in the July 3rd Riverchase Galleria mall shooting. Coleman is at the Jefferson County Jail charged with Capital Murder and 3 counts of Assault 2nd degree in the shooting death of 8-year-old Royta De’Marco Giles….
A Crenshaw County woman has been charged with second degree assault after she intentionally ran over a woman at the Bulldog Car Wash last week. On Thursday, June 18, around 11:01 p.m., The Andalusia Police Department’s Capt. Jamey Wismer said the department responded to a report of a domestic altercation at the car wash. The victim, Faith Alexander, 18, of…
