Crimestoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of 26-year-old Donta Jaqun Rogers. On January 16, an unknown subject(s) went to 617 Putnam Street in Elba where Rogers shot and killed. Police have been unable to determine what the subjects fled in or what direction. Investigator are asking for the community’s assistance in…
Wadrickus James Howard, 17-years-old of Troy has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Jacoby Deshon Cogburn. Howard has been charged with Capital Murder and will be held in the Pike County Jail with no bond. He is the second suspect charged in the murder, along with 17-year-old Jamarco Harris. On Monday July 13th, at about 9:13 PM,…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged La’Vonte Brisker, 22, of Montgomery, with the murder of Aaron Albright. Albright fatally shot on August 14 was 24-years-old. On Friday, August 14, around 11:18 a.m., police and medics responded to a call of a person shot. The shooting occurred in the 4900 block of Plaza Drive. At the scene, police located Albright with…
On Tuesday, August 11, a federal jury convicted Kemond Jareuz Fortson, 35, of Montgomery, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The trial evidence showed that, on October 31, 2017, the Gulf Coast Regional…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the August 17th shooting death of Ceyeria Lee, 13, of Montgomery. On Monday, August 17, police and medics responded to a call of a subject shot in the 1000 block of Forest Avenue. At the scene, police found 13-year-old Lee with a life-threatening gunshot wound. Medics took Lee to a…
Two men have been indicted in the 2002 killing of hip hop artist Jam Master Jay, which until now had been one of New York City’s most notorious unsolved killings. The suspects were identified in court papers as Ronald Washington, who is currently serving a federal prison sentence stemming from a string of robberies he committed while on the run…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged 19-year-old Bakari Taylor of Montgomery with the murder of Roosevelt Rankins, 34, of Montgomery. Rankins was shot to death on January 23, 2020. On that day at about 3 PM, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 2300 block of Stella Street in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, they found a…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the August 9 shooting death of Leesa Adair, 27, of Montgomery. On Sunday, August 9, around 8:20 pm, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 3200 block of Harrison Road in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, contact was made with Adair who sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound….
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a suspect with the Homicide of Jamar Harris, 18, of Montgomery, who was fatally shot on August 6. On Thursday, August 6, around 6:30 pm, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 2200 Block of Woodley Square West in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, contact was made with Harris who sustained…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the July 26 shooting death of Lee Ziegler, 50, of Montgomery. On Sunday, July 26, around 10 pm, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 2200 Block of Fairview Avenue in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, contact was made with Ziegler who sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound….
