A recent murder has Greenville residents concerned about violent crime numbers in the city. Greenville Police arrested 28-year-old Jermario Smith of Greenville on murder charges Sunday. Police recieved a call concerning gunshots on Whittaker Street around 2 p.m. Police say they responded to the call and found a victim with gunshot wounds at the scene. That victim was pronounced dead,…
Three one-time athletes at Faulkner University in Montgomery have been indicted on murder charges in the death of another school athlete. Court documents show 20-year-old Tabias Russell of Alexander City, 20-year-old Marshall Wall of Atmore and 21-year-old Ronnie Williams of Loxley are charged in the death of 19-year-old Faulkner football player Ryan Brooks of Chelsea. Police say Brooks was fatally…
Attorney General Luther Strange announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday upheld the felony murder conviction of Eugene Wallace Black. Black, 55, of Andalusia, was convicted in August of 2015 for the murder of James “Nibby” Barton. Evidence was presented at trial showing that on the morning of May 2, 1994, Black and others discussed their need for…
Attorney General Luther Strange announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday upheld the murder conviction of Vincent Lovelace Lowe. Lowe, 43, of Evergreen, was convicted in May of 2015 for the murder of Albert Clyde Lee. Evidence was presented at trial that on December 4, 2013, Lee and another man had finished installing a transmission in a…
District Attorney Daryl Bailey announces that Elijah Frazier, 21, of Montgomery was convicted by a jury of two counts of Capital Murder. Frazier’s trial began on August 22. Immediately after the jury verdict, Frazier was sentenced to the mandatory sentence of Life Without Parole. Frazier shot and killed Keon Sankey, 29, on November 20, 2013 at the intersection of Burgwyn Road and Kippax…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the May 4 shooting death of 22-year-old Demetrice Kelly of Montgomery. MPD charged Willie McLean, 34, with capital murder and placed him in the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he is being held without bond. The U.S. Marshals Service Task Force took McLean into custody Aug. 24 in Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the Thursday, August 18, shooting death of 30-year-old John Whitehurst of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged Vashard Belton, 20, of Montgomery with one count of murder. Belton was taken into custody in the 2100 block of East South Boulevard by MPD detectives on August 18. Following his arrest, he was transported to the Montgomery County…
The Alabama Supreme Court is refusing to hear the case of a Montgomery police officer charged with murder. The court without comment on Thursday denied a request by officer Aaron Smith to review a judge’s decision setting bond for the officer’s release. Smith is free on $150,000 bond, but defense lawyer Mickey McDermott claims the amount is twice what it…
On Thursday, July 7, after nearly a year long investigation the Demopolis Police Department Criminal Investigation Division has made an arrest in the Unsolved Murder that occurred back in October 30, 2015 that killed Ray Anthony Rowser and injured Jennifer Martin. Demopolis Police Chief Tommie Reese said that Lawrence Hawkins, 41, of Demopolis, Alabama was arrested in connection with the…
A Butler County family finally has closure after the woman who shot and killed Steven Faulk pleaded guilty to his murder. Barbara Wood took a plea deal for the December 2012 murder of Faulk in exchange for two of her lesser charges being dropped. Faulk’s body was found in the front yard of Wood’s family home in December of 2012. He died…
