Alabama

Kamille McKinney: Murder suspects facing federal kidnapping charges for slain toddler’s abduction

 Kamille McKinney: Murder suspects facing federal kidnapping charges for slain toddler’s abduction
Kidnapping

Authorities announced Wednesday the Alabama couple accused of abducting and murdering Kamille McKinney was indicted on federal kidnapping charges. The Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney’s Office said indictments filed separately in U.S. District Court charged Patrick Stallworth, 40, and Derick Brown, 29, with kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap a minor victim. Federal authorities said …

Murder
July 26, 2020

Husband kills wife, forces nephew to drive him from South Carolina to Alabama: Cops

A South Carolina man has been arrested in Alabama and charged with unlawful imprisonment for forcing his 17-year-old nephew to drive him there, and he faces a murder charge back home after police found the body of his wife buried in a shallow grave. Dionicia Nava Abarca, 42, was arrested in Baldwin County, Alabama, according …

Murder
July 22, 2020

3 teen girls beat 17-year-old girl with a pole, stab her to death: Cops

Three 16-year-old Alabama ten girls have been charged as adults in the death of another teen who was reported missing on June 24, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. Ta’Niya Merriweather, Erin Taylor and Tyeshia Whisenant were charged with capital murder on Tuesday, Montgomery police Capt. Saba Coleman said. Lesley Luna Pantaleon, 17, was found dead on …

Police
July 13, 2020

Group of Five Guys employees fired, suspended for turning back on police officers, refusing to serve them: Reports

A group of Five Guys employees in Alabama who reportedly refused service to three police officers Tuesday have been fired or suspended in light of mounting backlash. The Five Guys franchise, located in Daphne, said Friday in a Facebook post that they temporarily closed the restaurant for “further education and customer service training.” A representative …

Tanisha Pughsley
Murder
July 6, 2020

Alabama detective had restraining order against man who allegedly killed her: Report

An Alabama police detective who was shot and killed overnight at her home had recently been granted a protective order against the man now in custody for her killing. Montgomery police officers responded to calls about a person shot in east Montgomery’s Park Lake neighborhood at about 2:15 a.m. Monday, WSFA reported, and when they …

Murder
July 4, 2020

8-year-old boy killed in Alabama mall shooting

An 8-year-old boy died after being shot at Alabama largest mall Friday afternoon, the Hoover Police Department said. Three other people, including a juvenile girl, were wounded in the shooting that sparked panic at Riverchase Galleria, police said. The 8-year-old’s family identified him as Royta Giles Jr and said he was shot in the head, …

Suspect in Aniah Blanchard’s murder is charged with 2018 cold case slaying
Murder
June 26, 2020

Suspect in Aniah Blanchard’s murder is charged with 2018 cold case slaying

Alabama officials announced Thursday that the suspect in Aniah Blanchard’s murder was formally charged with killing a homeless man in December 2018. Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, was charged with fatally shooting Stephen Hamby, 29, in a wooded area surrounding a Salvation Army in Montgomery. A second victim, Geraldine Talley, 54, survived being shot in the face …

Aniah Blanchard: Murder case against Ibraheem Yazeed can go to grand jury, judge says
Court
June 3, 2020

Aniah Blanchard: Murder case against Ibraheem Yazeed can go to grand jury, judge says

An Alabama judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors have enough evidence to take the murder case against Ibraheem Yazeed, accused of kidnapping and killing college student Aniah Blanchard last fall, to a grand jury. Judge Russell Bush had already found probable cause to send the kidnapping charge to a grand jury, WTVM reported. Blanchard, a 19-year-old …