An Alabama sheriff’s office has asked the FBI to investigate possible civil rights violations after two of its juvenile jail officers were charged with sexually assaulting inmates in the facility. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kentavious Miller, 32, was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy, and Labradford Jamell Armistad, 35, was charged with seven counts …
Alabama authorities have arrested two Montgomery County Youth detention officers with sexually assaulting inmates at the facility. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday the arrest of Kentavious Miller, 32, for first degree sexual abuse, AL.com reported. the department said the assault took place between 7:30 p.m. ad 8 p.m. on Sunday and involved …
A 20-year-old US Marine has been charged with first degree murder and possession of child pornography after a missing Florida woman was found dead in Alabama on Wednesday. Tshey Ronaie Bennett, 26, was reported missing on Saturday, according to the Escambia County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office. She had been last seen the day before, and police …
Alabama authorities have arrested two men for the shooting death of an 18-year-old man after he attended a high school prom seven moths ago. Delvin Tarver was found shot to death inside a car in the parking lot of a Union Springs drug store on May 4. Court documents say he was riding with friends …
Investigators believe a body found near an Alabama state park over the weekend is that of a hiker who disappeared in the area in October. A hunter found the body on Saturday morning, about five miles northeast of Cheaha State Park, the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department said. Investigators said evidence indicated the body is Vendula …
One person is dead and 12 more wounded by gunfire in a shooting at the homecoming celebration at Alabama’s Tuskegee University early Sunday morning. Four other people suffered injuries not related to gunshots, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. The fatality was an 18-year-old man not connected with the university, which canceled classes on Monday …
Detectives in Florida are seeking a murder warrant for an Orange County man for the death of his girlfriend, whose body was found last week in Georgia. Jorge Javier Quintero, 41, was located in Alabama, where he got into a confrontation with the US Marshals Service and was shot. He was hospitalized in critical condition …
An Alabama man was arrested last week after he kidnapped a woman, raped her, and then forced her into a “mock’ wedding ceremony on the steps of a church. Roy Lee Clowder has been charged with robbery, first-degree sexual abuse, resisting arrest, and first-degree kidnapping, according to WKRG. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said said …
A Kentucky man has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl after he drove to Alabama last month, pretended to be her father to check her out of school, and took the girl to an abandoned building, where he raped her. Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Sgt. Josh Casson said Justin Stephens likely met the the girl …
An unknown shooter opened fire into a vehicle leaving a youth football practice Tuesday night, wounding three people — two of them children. Birming Ham Police Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said that injuries to one of the children were “life threatening.” Both children were taken to Children’s Hospital, and the adult wounded was taken to University …
A woman accused of chasing her ex-boyfriend down and shooting him in front of a Texas police station early Friday morning was taken into custody nearly 12 hours later after a standoff on Interstate 65 in Alabama. The Bellaire Police Department in Texas said the incident began at about 2:30 a.m. when a report came …
An Alabama man wanted on multiple child sex abuse charges since his release on bond in August on other child sex abuse charges is finally back behind bars. The Mobile Police Department said Adam James Renk, 39, was charged in early August with sexual torture and sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 and …
