The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the death on Monday, Nov. 18, of James Harris, 44. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 3300 block of East Tuskegee Circle at about 10:10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8. in reference to a subject shot. There they located Harris who had sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound. Harris died…
A Montgomery police officer has been injured while helping with a dispute at an apartment complex. The incident appears to have taken place at the Stratford Village apartments, off Woodmere Boulevard. Police say the officer, who was off-duty, was called in to help with a dispute between two tenants and management staff. They say the dispute turned physical, and the…
The Millbrook Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a Montgomery man wanted for assault and robbery. Louis Stinson, Jr, 40, is accused of shooting into a residence in the 4000 block of Grandview Road Saturday. Police say a 51-year-old woman and her 21-year-old son were shot. The woman’s injuries are life-threatening. No motive for the shooting has…
A man is in custody and facing charges after a deputy was allegedly assaulted at a Montgomery apartment complex. Captain George Beaudry with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy was serving an eviction notice at the Birchwood Apartment complex when a domestic dispute took place nearby. When the deputy tried to intervene, Beaudry says the deputy was assaulted. The…
Corrections officials say another officer has been assaulted at a troubled prison in south Alabama. A statement from the department says a lieutenant at Holman prison in Atmore was trying to control an inmate when the man assaulted the officer with a makeshift weapon on Thursday. The officer was treated for a minor cut above one of his eyes, and…
In March 2016, an agent with the Tallassee Police Department, Brandon Smirnoff, was assisting other officers on a pursuit of a ATV, which attempted to allude officers. The vehicle was eventually stopped and the driver was taken into custody. It was at this point while the individual was being transported back to a patrol vehicle, that he alleges that Brandon…
Crimestoppers says a man accused of robbing and assaulting a Montgomery woman has been captured. Police say 28-year-old Xavier McDowell robbed the 63-year-old victim at gun point, assaulted her, then burned her vehicle in a wooded area. Authorities say he was arrested Friday. McDowell was wanted by the Montgomery Police Department for Attempted Murder, Assault 1st Degree, Kidnapping 1st Degree, Robbery…
On June 6, the Selma Police Department CID Unit made an arrest of 17-year old La’Darius Averhart of Selma, in connection with the May 30th shooting in the 100 Block of Dunklin Street where a black male subject was shot one time. The bullet went through his left arm and through his abdomen. The victim was transported to UAB for…
Courtesy: City of Dothan DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – A judge has convicted a Dothan city commissioner of assaulting a television news reporter. Multiple media outlets report commissioner Amos Newsome was convicted Monday and his 10-day jail sentence has been suspended. Newsome is ordered to serve 12 months on probation, pay a $500 fine and court costs. Newsome struck a reporter…
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 October 9,2014. The crash occured on Ceasarville Road in Elmore County. Austin Jones, 23, was a passenger in the vehicle…
