Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth is making a push to reduce the time it takes for a death row inmate to be put to death. The proposed bill would make three main provisions to the current system to make it happen. “This Bill has been designed to proved both equal justice to inmates, and swift justice to their victims,” says…
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…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a suspect in the shooting death of Courtney Jones, 17, of Montgomery. The shooting occurred on July 21, 2019. MPD has charged Jaluntae Fleming, 17, of Montgomery, with Capital Murder. Fleming was taken into custody on Monday, January 27, and placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility. He is being held without bond. On…
Lowndes County District Attorney Charlotte Tesmer confirmed that charges against the 18-year-old accused of killing Lowndes County Sheriff “Big John” Williams have been upgraded from Felony Murder to Capital Murder. Police said William Johnson shot and killed Sheriff Williams November 23rd then turned himself in after a 3-hour manhunt. The shooting happened shortly after 8 p.m. at the QV convenience…
Investigators in Lee County have issued an update on the Aniah Blanchard case. At a news conference this afternoon, Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes revealed that Blanchard died of a gunshot wound. Hughes says charges against Ibraheem Yazeed of Montgomery will be upgraded from kidnapping to murder. He says even though two other suspects face charges in the case,…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Investigators with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office — arrest a Selma teenager — for capital murder. Sheriff Mike Granthum said 17 year old Justin Manzie of Selma — has been arrested and charged in the death of 30 year old Danathian Crum. Granthum said Crum died after he was shot and robbed last month —…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Uniontown man is behind bars — accused of killing his girlfriend. Police say 38 year old Jimmy Lee Johnson is charged with capital murder. They say Johnson went to Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis with scratched all over his face Tuesday. They say he told the hospital staff that ‘He killed his girlfriend in…
A man is behind bars tonight in Pike County in connection with last week’s deadly gas station robbery in Brundidge. Authorities say the suspect has a long criminal record. Leon Terrell Flowers, 23, of Troy, has been arrested and charged in the robbery-homicide at the J&S Buy Rite gas station in Brundidge. He’s been charged with Capital Murder and Robbery…
Selma Police make an arrest in a capital murder case but they say a second suspect is still on the loose. Lt. Tory Neely says 18 year old Christopher Boswell of Selma has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of Nicholas Bell. Neely says Bell was found shot to death in his car behind a house on the…
CrimeStoppers needs your help finding a man wanted on multiple charges, including capital murder. Tuskegee police are looking for Michael Norris on attempted murder and capital murder charges. They say he shot 19-year-old Kentavious McDaniel. Norris also goes by the names of Mike and Boo-Boo. He is 6 foot 2 inches tall, weighs 185 pounds, and has a tattoo on…
