An appeals court is overturning the death sentence of a man convicted of killing three people in southeast Alabama two decades ago. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday sided with Jerry Jerome Smith, who was convicted of killing Willie Flournoy, Theresa Helms and David Bennett at a home in Houston County in October 1996. Police at the time…
A 26-year-old man convicted of killing his cousin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Nicktavus Pringle’s attorney has argued that his cousin Demarcus Pringle had schizophrenia and attempted to stab him on the day of the murder. Prosecutors say Nicktavus Pringle wasn’t in danger at the time of the shooting. Pringle’s attorney Susan James said Wednesday that the…
NEW YORK (AP) – A judge in New York has sentenced an Alabama resident to prison for shooting a man in the face outside a New Year’s Eve party in 1991. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson says 55-year-old Derrick Lloyd of Montgomery, Alabama was sentenced Wednesday. He got 23 years to life. He was convicted of second-degree murder in March….
On Monday March 14, Macon County Sheriff’s Office requested the State Bureau Investigation (SBI) investigate the murder of Timothy Woods. The SBI, with the assistance of Macon County Sheriff’s Office, developed probable cause to arrest brothers Willie and Derrick Brown in Woods’ murder. Murder warrants for the Brown brothers were obtained Friday, March 25. The same day SBI Agents were…
A judge has found probable cause to send the case of Montgomery police officer Aaron Smith to a grand jury. Smith appeared in court today for a preliminary hearing in connection to the Feb. 25 shooting death of Gregory Gunn. Smith was arrested after he shot and killed Gunn, a 58-year-old resident of the Mobile Heights community in Montgomery. It happened in the…
A missing woman’s body was found in Clarke County, in the trunk of a car. Monique Presnall-Kidd of Grove Hill, AL, was found dead behind a business in the Walker Springs Community. She was reported missing Thursday when she didn’t show up to work. When deputies went to check on her, they found her door had been kicked in and…
Saturday March 19, around 10:00 p.m., officers responded to the 100 Block of College Drive in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers made entry into an apartment where the shooting took place and apprehended the suspect. The suspect was identified as 48-year old, Sandy Rhodes. The shooting stemmed from an argument that took place between the victim and the…
A shooting in Wetumpka left two dead and two critically injured. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Daryl Hunt and Deosha Jackson were killed in the shooting. Roderick Jones and Jacoreian Jennings were critically injured. Marcus Edwards of Wetumpka was taken into custody Saturday night, in connection to the shooting and is currently in the Elmore County Jail without bond. The Wetumpka…
Attorney General Luther Strange announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday upheld the murder and first-degree rape convictions of Shawn McClain. McClain, 31, of Georgiana, was convicted in the Butler County Circuit Court in August of 2015 for the rape and murder of Dorothy Leatherwood. The record at the trial indicated that in 2012, McClain earned money by…
Authorities have identified the victim in a Macon County murder. According the State Bureau of Investigation, the victim is Macon County Resident Tim Woods. The murder occurred Monday on County Road 13 near U.S. Highway 80 intersection. At the request of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office, SBI is handling the investigation. Anyone with information that could help authorities solve this…
