Jurors in Autauga County have convicted a man of killing his brother-in-law in a dispute that began over grass cutting. 75-year-old Joseph H. Huffman has been found guilty of murder in the gunshot killing of 59-year-old John Brown in July 2017. Huffman had argued he shot the man in self-defense. He claims Brown attacked him. But a taped interview showed that…
Autauga County officials have identified the 9-year-old Prattville girl killed in an accidental shooting over the weekend. Sheriff Joe Sedinger says Alyssa Davis died at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham after she shot herself with a handgun Sunday afternoon. Davis was a student at Pine Level Elementary School. Counselors are now available for her classmates and other students. Sedinger is urging…
The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office has announced that a Prattville man wanted on warrants in Tennessee has been captured after a chase in Autauga County. Sheriff Joe Sedinger says Brian Lee Cleckler, 39, of Prattville was wanted by the Franklin County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on felony warrants. Sedinger says Cleckler was located today…
Prattville police are investigating a murder suicide. Authorities say Derico Houser, 39, shot and killed his ex-wife Friday around 6 pm. Police issued an alert for Houser’s arrest but he was later found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound Saturday morning. Houser had military training and is said to have been suffering from PTSD. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News…
Two Montgomery teens will go on trail as adults for a murder in Prattville. Autauga County authorities say Roderick Demar Williams was 14 and Devonte Raymon Hill was 15 in 2016 when they killed 56 year old john Michael Taylor of Prattville. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the transfer to adult court. Autauga County Authorities say Taylor was…
A Deatsville woman is facing multiple charges after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old child. Jennifer Rose Ingram, 31, is charged with three counts of rape, two counts of sodomy, and one count of furnishing a controlled substance to a minor. Reports show Ingram having a sexual relationship with the child during the months of November and December….
The non-profit PEW Charitable Trusts are out with a report identifying schools in danger of flooding. The report includes an interactive map of Alabama with a list of the number of schools in each county that is in a flood danger area. The Dallas County School system has the largest number of those schools—three of the system’s 22 schools. Montgomery…
The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation in the 400 block of County Road 82 in the Pink Lilly community. Officials say they were called to the scene just before noon Saturday, in response to a possible shooting. When they arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Prattville Baptist Hospital…
The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year old juvenile Emmalee Jane Rose. Rose was last seen January 25, around 9:00 pm at her residence in the 900 block of County Road 83. There is no known location of travel at this time. Rose is described as being 4’ 11”, 95 pounds with brown…
Autauga County EMA Director Ernie Baggett held a meeting Thursday morning with city and county officials to prepare for the possible winter weather. Autauga County School leaders, Prattville City officials, fire teams and law enforcement members of both the county and the city were present at the meeting. Baggett and his team have set up a command center at the 9-1-1…
