Tallapoosa County Inmate Dies after Medical Emergency
The sheriff’s office said the inmate passed away on June 6 at the hospital in Opelika.
The sheriff’s office said the inmate passed away on June 6 at the hospital in Opelika.
Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett says the body found in Lake Martin on Sunday afternoon has now been identified. He says the victim was 34-year-old Anthony Lee Thornton of Tallassee. On Sunday at about 1:25 P.M., the Sheriff’s Office received a call about an unresponsive person in the lake near a home on North Holiday Drive. Sheriff Abbett says the…