Rionne Demarcus Betts was arrested late Friday, January 6 and has been charged with 10 counts of Unlawful Breaking & Entering a Motor Vehicle. The arrest stems from a rash of vehicle break-ins that occurred Thursday night into Friday morning. The break-ins were scattered from Smart Road off of the Henderson Highway to Lakewood Drive off of U.S. 29 South….
An Alabama woman has been accused of stealing from a trust set up for her ailing son in Nebraska. Omaha television station WOWT reports that 42-year-old Pamela Rawlinson is charged with felony theft by deception. A public phone listing for her couldn’t be found. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press. Court records say Rawlinson…
Montgomery police have made another arrest in an ongoing murder investigation. Police have arrested 24-year-old Rapheam Griffin. He is being held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility without bond. Griffin is charged in connection with the shooting death of Jermaine Hogan. Hogan was shot on September 11 in the 3700 block of Whiting Avenue in Montgomery. He died two weeks later,…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a second teenager in the shooting death of 23-year-old Jermaine Hogan of Montgomery. Hogan was wounded in a Sept. 11 shooting and died more than two weeks later, on Sept. 27. MPD detectives charged a juvenile male from Montgomery with one count of capital murder. The suspect, who has not been charged as an adult and will…
A Millbrook woman has been arrested on a charge of attempted murder, after authorities say she assaulted her daughter when she wouldn’t get dressed for school. 33-year-old Jessica Cobern was arrested by Millbrook police yesterday. Authorities say her 16-year-old daughter told a school official that her mother put a belt around her neck and choked her when she refused to…
On August 23, at 6:15pm, Deputies with the Covington County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Westhaven Apartments in Andalusia to serve a warrant. Upon arrival, the Deputies detected the odor of marijuana coming from the residence. The 22nd Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force responded to assist Deputies. When the DTF agents arrived, they observed a black male carrying a white trashcan and exit through…
On Wednesday, May 25, officers were dispatched to the 2000 Block of Woodrow East in reference to a shooting. En route to the call, patrol officers spotted the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. The driver jumped out and fled from police. A sheriff’s deputy spotted the subject and officers were able to take the subject into custody. The…
After receiving a tip of a truck that had a safe in the back of it, officers got in pursuit with the suspects. The safe fell off the truck during the pursuit. The three suspects wrecked at the dead end of Doster Street. The suspects then took off running, but were caught shortly after. Officers found jewelry, firearms, and other…
Andalusia Police Chief Paul Hudson says two arrests made today in a vehicle burglary case in Andalusia. On Friday, May 13th, APD received a call from Sae Hae Sung on Progress Drive concerning four vehicles that had been burglarized. Officers received a description of the vehicle allegedly involved in the incidents. Officer Kody Taylor stopped a vehicle matching that description on the evening of…
An Alabama corrections officer is facing a felony ethics charge after officials say he accepted money from undercover officers in exchange for promoting illegal contraband inside a state prison. Court records show 30-year-old Rayshawn Blackmon was arrested last week. Authorities say Blackmon unknowingly made contact with undercover officers after a Kilby Correctional Facility inmate told him to pick up $1,000…
