From the West Alabama Newsroom– A former Selma High band director — has been indicted and arrested — on felony sex charges involving a student. Twenty-seven year old Dante Wright is charged with school employee having sexual contact with a student — and sexual abuse first-degree. The charges were handed down — following an investigation into the matter — by…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– U.S. Marshals capture a wanted Selma murder suspect in Minnesota — about ten miles from the Canadian border. Eighteen year old Javontae Mitchell is now awaiting extradition back to Alabama. A grand jury indicted Mitchell for the murder of 26 year old Tyquan Fikes of Selma. Police found Fikes lying unresponsive — in the backyard…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Assistant Fire Chief in Selma — has been indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury. Franklin Edwards — is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injury. According to court records — Edwards was involved in a two-vehicle crash with a motorcycle back in June of last year on Interstate 59. Twenty…
Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes has found himself on the other side of the law. He’s been indicted on multiple charges including conspiracy to commit theft, perjury, and ethics violations. According to The Alabama Attorney General’s Office, Hughes used his office for personal gain by using public funds to pay for a private attorney for he and his wife….
Courtesy of the Island Delight at Dexter Facebook page On Friday, March 13, Richard Herbert Smith and Mellissa Stacy Ann Smith, of Wetumpka, were arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury. Mellissa Smith is listed as the owner of the Island Delight Caribbean Restaurant in Montgomery. The indictment charges Richard Smith with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, possession…
Johnston Taylor, the 16-year-old driver charged in the fatal wreck that killed “The Voice of the Auburn Tigers” Rod Bramblett and his wife Paula in 2019, has been indicted on two counts of manslaughter. Court records show Taylor was speeding on the night of May 25 when he slammed into the back of the Brambletts’ SUV. The wreck happened at the…
A federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment against Tariq Khalil Jones, 34, of Tuskegee, Alabama, charging him with committing ten armed robberies in Alabama and Georgia while brandishing and discharging a firearm, and an attempted carjacking, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Jones is alleged to have robbed various convenience stores and other cash-heavy businesses, including:…
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…
Attorney General Luther Strange announces the indictments of two employees of the Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors on charges of ethics violations and possession of forged instruments. Nancy C. Saffo, 51, of Pike Road, and Christy Easterling, 47, of Prattville were arrested July 27 and July 26, respectively, by the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division, booked at the Montgomery County jail and released…
Five individuals were arrested over the past two weeks after being indicted and charged with prescription drug distribution offenses, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. The individuals arrested were: Bradford A. Blount, 25, of Vestavia Hills, Alabama; Dennis Michael Elder, 26, of Vestavia Hills; Saxon R. Monk, 25, of Washington, D.C.; Randolph D. Ogburn, 64, of Valley, Alabama; and Lewis Michael James, 57,…
