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Federal Grand Jury in Montgomery Indicts Two Former North Alabama School Superintendents

Two former school superintendents from north Alabama are among six people facing charges of conspiracy, fraud and identity theft after they were indicted by a federal grand jury in Montgomery. Court documents unsealed today show former Athens school Superintendent Trey Holladay and former Limestone County Superintendent Tom Sisk were indicted, along with four other people including Holladay’s wife, Deborah Irby…

Former Montgomery City Councilman Indicted

Watkins was youngest Councilman to date when he was elected for one four year term in 1979.

AP-AL–Investment Fraud Indictment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama attorney and his son are accused of defrauding investors and a bank out of millions of dollars. A news release from U.S. Attorney Jay Town says an indictment was handed up Thursday against 70-year-old Donald V. Watkins Sr., of Atlanta, and 46-year-old Donald V. Watkins Jr., of Birmingham. Each faces multiple…

AL Man Accused of Kidnapping Florida Girl Faces Federal Charge

An Alabama man accused of kidnapping a 4-year-old girl from her Florida home and driving her to Tennessee now faces a federal charge. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa says 31-year-old West Wild Hogs was indicted Wednesday on a kidnapping charge, which could carry a life sentence. Hogs was arrested at a Memphis hospital Oct. 10…