The late Tom Radney, an Alexander City lawyer who figures in the CBS story about a preacher charged with several murder who is himself murdered. Radney represented both the preacher and then the man charged with killing him. From CBS: “After more than four decades, the mysteries remain, shrouded in the fog that rolls in over Lake Martin, and the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama has scheduled a lethal injection for a man convicted in the 1997 deaths of four people, including two young girls. The Alabama Supreme Court set a May 16 execution date for Michael Brandon Samra. Samra was convicted of helping his friend Mark Duke kill his father Randy Duke, his father’s girlfriend Debra Hunt and her…
A high speed chase Saturday night in Montgomery County ended with three Mississippi residents in the car being arrested and a fourth—a fourteen year old girl— handed over to her parents. They were suspects in a the robbery of a convenience store in Louisiana earlier that day in which the clerk was shot. Now a Louisiana official tells Alabama News…
Montgomery police are searching for man wanted in connection with the city’s latest homicide. They say 19-year-old Jamichael Tyler (pictured) is wanted for questioning only in the death of 34-year-old Decoris Davis. Davis was found shot in in the 3600 block of Oak Street Wednesday, where he had driven himself after being shot. He later died at the hospital. Anyone…
A woman and a man convicted in the kidnapping and torture death of an Alabama woman three years ago have been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The Tuscaloosa News reports 25-year-old Alyssa Watson and 38-year-old Marcus George were sentenced Monday by a Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court judge. The two among the defendants convicted in the 2015 slaying of 29-year-old…
Troy Police are investigating an apparent murder just before 10:00 PM last night. It happened in the 600 block of Pike County Road 7749. They identify the victim as 33 year old Sequoia Terrell Harris who died in the emergency room at Troy Regional Hospital. No arrests so far. The Troy Police Department is being assisted in this investigation by…
DALEVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say an argument between two brothers has left one of them shot dead. Dale County Chief Deputy Mason Bynum said the brothers were arguing in a Daleville home when the shooting happened Saturday evening. Authorities are still investigating what the argument was about. Authorities say the shooter is in custody as investigators determine what charges…
From MPD: MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Police Department has initiated a homicide investigation following the Nov. 25 death of Steven White Jr., 28, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 5900 block of Monticello Drive at about 12:06 a.m. after receiving a report of a disturbance in the area. There, units located the victim, (Steven) White Jr., who…
From MPD: MONTGOMERY —The Montgomery Police Department has initiated a homicide investigation into the Friday night shooting death of Adam Terrell Jordan, 31, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 2700 block of Highland Avenue at about 5:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in reference to a subject shot. There, they located the victim, Jordan, who had sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound and was transported to Jackson hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The initial…
Troy Police say the second man wanted in connection with the murder of Rashad Montel McClaney is behind bars. 23-year-old Tharion Vincient Nye turned himself in to the Troy Police Department around 7:30pm Tuesday. Nye has been charge with murder. Police say Nye, 21-year-old Jeremyah Deunte Howell and McClaney were involved in an altercation in the 100 block of Gibbs…
