The Prattville Police Department has confirmed the identity of a person wanted for Identity Theft. The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Veronica Lashae Hunter, of Georgia. The suspect is not in custody and is still wanted by law enforcement. Investigators say the suspect was identified by an anonymous tip through CrimeStoppers. On Tuesday, March 10, investigators say Hunter used…
Birmingham media outlets report the body found in a shallow grave has been identified as missing Trussville woman, Paighton Houston. Jefferson County District Attorney Lynneice Washington told news outlets that a woman’s body was found in a shallow grave behind a residence on Chapel Drive in Hueytown. There had been a heavy police presence at the home for two days…
A two-vehicle crash Tuesday, Oct. 18, claimed the life of a Wetumpka woman and injured another. Gloria Grier Allen, 66, was seriously injured when the 2002 Toyota Sequoia in which she was a passenger collided with a 2007 Freightliner tractor trailer. Allen was transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where she died a short time later. The Sequoia’s driver, Sharon…
A woman arrested and charged for taking money from the car dealership where she worked has been arrested again. Hope Gibson Langston, 31, was charged with theft of property after police say she made several unauthorized charges to Greenville Motor Company. Langston was arrested again this morning after going back to the car dealership to collect her belongings. She was told…
A two-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Montgomery woman. Felicia Rose Landrum, 52, was killed when the 2006 Volkswagen Jetta she was driving collided head-on with a 2003 Oshkosh concrete truck. She was pronounced dead a short time later at Baptist Medical Center South. A child passenger in the Jetta was injured and transported to a local hospital. The crash occurred…
A Montgomery woman has been sentenced to 125 days behind bars for the death of her 3-month-old puppy last month. Court records show 23-year-old Jessica Pruette was found guilty last week of cruelty to animals. Montgomery Humane Society Officer Robert Bryant said he went to Pruette’s home June 1 after receiving a tip about a dead puppy in a backyard….
The House has passed a measure that seeks to bar women from being required to register for a potential military draft. By a vote of 217 to 203 Thursday, lawmakers approved an amendment that would block the Selective Service System from using any money to change the draft registration requirements that currently apply only to young men. Rep. Warren Davidson,…
A 51-year-old woman has been accused of setting fire to her mother’s house while the woman was still inside. Montgomery Fire and Rescue spokesman Sgt. O.J. Whiting says that 51-year-old Mary Marie Caldwell was arrested and charged with first-degree arson on Tuesday. Authorities say Caldwell set the rear of her mother’s house on fire Monday night, causing “moderate damage.” There…
On Thursday, May 19, 2016, at approximately 7:16 AM, Millbrook Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the 200 block of Fraley Lane with regard to a subject shot. Officers located a white female, 77 years of age, who suffered from what appeared to be two gunshot wounds to her upper torso. The victim was alert and able to advise responding officers that…
The Elmore County Sheriff’s Department is searching for Wendy Owings Powell. On March 3rd, the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department received an Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle report in reference to a 1998 Buick Regal LS, maroon in color, tag number #29AA243 being used by Wendy Owings Powell, 27 years of age. The vehicle has not been located and the female has not…
