(Source: Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, has been found guilty at his trial in federal court in Washington. Stone was convicted Friday. He was charged in a seven-count indictment that alleged he lied to lawmakers about WikiLeaks, tampered with witnesses and obstructed a House intelligence committee probe. His trial…
A former Elmore County commissioner has pleaded guilty to a felony ethics law violation. Attorney General Luther Strange says Joe Faulk entered his plea Thursday in Elmore County Circuit Court to intentionally using his office for personal gain. Strange says Faulk’s charge comes from a 2011 contract he entered into with Coast2Coast, a company which distributes pharmacy discount cards. Faulk’s…
Attorney General Luther Strange announced that the Alabama Supreme Court today removed Sumter County Sheriff Tyrone Clark Sr. from office, following impeachment proceedings this week in which his office presented evidence of grave wrongdoing by the Sheriff. “Justice has been served,” the Attorney General stated. “Alabamians rightfully expect their public officials to conduct their duties of office honestly and in accordance with the law,”…
Federal marshals have arrested a former Alabama police chief who didn’t show up to begin a stint in prison. The U.S. Marshal’s Service says it arrested former Tallassee Police Chief Chris Miles on Thursday morning. The 41-year-old Miles was supposed to report last week to begin serving a 41-month prison sentence for beating a suspect during an interrogation in April 2013…
A central Alabama man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his wife at a physician’s office a year ago. Eric Price pleaded guilty Monday to a murder charge in the slaying of 24-year-old Leaj Jarvis Price. Prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 40 years in prison for the 27-year-old man. Price entered the plea as attorneys were preparing for the…
Montgomery, Ala. – Audrey Valisha Porterfield, 44, of Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to steal federal funds, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Previously, all six of Porterfield’s co-defendants pleaded guilty to the same offense. Those co-defendants were: Courtney Deon Gardner, 26; Joye Nicole Perdum, 31; Tamala Caprice Avery, 34; Tocory Dewayne Washington, 31; Brittney…
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…
