OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama district attorney on Thursday pleaded guilty to perjury and an ethics charge following trial testimony in which a witness likened his office to a fraternity house. Former Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes pleaded guilty to perjury in the first-degree and the use of his public office for personal gain. Hughes will be sentenced…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – A former NASA space shuttle commander indicted on reckless murder charges in the traffic deaths of two girls in Alabama has pleaded guilty to reduced charges nearly five years after the crash. One-time astronaut James Halsell Jr. of Huntsville pleaded guilty to two manslaughter and two assault charges during a hearing Thursday. Relatives of the victims…
On Wednesday, May 20, Charles Bennett Salter III, 38, of Montgomery, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. According to court records, in February 2018, an agent from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) discovered online activity that caused him to suspect Salter was using a file sharing program to obtain images…
A former north Alabama volunteer soccer coach already facing a 30-year sentence on human trafficking charges has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in a neighboring county. Multiple news outlets reported Monday that 59-year-old David Jacob Barrow was given a 30-year sentence in Marshall County, which will run concurrent with a 30-year sentence he was given last week in Madison…
