From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma man convicted of manslaughter in the death of toddler — will spend the next two decades in prison. Circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins sentenced Tristan Dial to 20 years in prison Wednesday morning. Dial was convicted of causing the death of the 23-month-old child of a woman he was dating. The child died back…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The sentence handed down to a Selma man convicted of murder has left the victim’s mother heartbroken — and fuming. Lakeisha Leggett is grieving over the loss of her 20 year old daughter Shykereya. And Leggett is also upset about the sentence that was given to the man convicted in her murder. “My daughter life…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A capital murder suspect — and an attempted murder suspect — appeared for hearings at the Dallas County Courthouse Annex — Wednesday in Selma. The case against one suspect came to a conclusion — while the case against the other suspect — is just getting started. The firearm death rate in Alabama — is among…
Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard – Photo from the Lee County Detention Center Former House Speaker Mike Hubbard is asking for a reduced prison sentence. Hubbard’s lawyers say his four-year prison sentence should be reduced since appellate courts overturned half of the counts. A jury in Lee County convicted Hubbard of 12 ethics charges in 2016. The Alabama Supreme…
A Bibb County man convicted of manslaughter has learned his fate. Charles Ryan Carroll was sentenced to 17 years for manslaughter. Carroll shot and killed Fonzo Cadell in an argument over a tattoo. Police say Cadell went to Carroll’s home to get a tattoo but Carroll refused due to being intoxicated. After an argument ensued, Carroll shot Cadell in the…
Two men were recently sentenced to federal prison for committing multiple armed robberies across central Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. On January 29, Marcus Greathouse, 41, of Opelika, was sentenced to 72 months (6 years) in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Then, on February 20, Branden Tyrone Matthews, 32, of Camp Hill,…
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Former NFL star Darren Sharper’s tour of shame and punishment reaches its conclusion in the Los Angeles court where he first admitted drugging and raping women in several states. Sharper faces sentencing Tuesday for a pair of rapes about three years ago. The sentence marks the end of prosecutions in four states for the former all-pro safety…
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…
