An Alabama man was arrested this week after sheriff’s deputies found he was hiding nearly 200 fentanyl pills inside plastic Easter eggs. The Colbert County Sheriff’s Office said Jamarious Dequan Qualls was arrested at a traffic stop on Monday in Tuscumbia, WAFF reported. Qualls was a passenger in the car that was stopped, deputies said. …
Deputies found $450,000 worth of drugs and guns. Tierra Hill faces drug and child endangerment charges.
An Alabama daycare employee has been charged with murder in the death of an infant at the facility where she worked. Versa Mae Simmons, 68, was arrested on Friday in Demopolis, WSFA reported. Demopolis Police Chief Rex Flowers told the station medics were called to Tender Years Monday afternoon for an unresponsive infant. The medics …
An Alabama political operative charged with the murder of a man on Thursday has now been charged with sexual torture. It’s unclear if the new charge against 36-year-old Kyle Hayden Lewter is related to the death of Derek Franklin Walls, 54, WAFF reported. The new charge involves sexual abuse using an inanimate object. Walls was …
Seven people have now been arrested and charged with kidnapping and torturing a young Alabama mom before shooting her to death. Mahogany Jackson, the 20-year-old mother of a toddler, texted family members early Sunday saying she was being held against her will and to send police, as CrimeOnline reported. But when police arrived at the …
Six people have been taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of an Alabama mother who texted her family that she was being held hostage before her body was found under a mattress in southwest Birmingham. None of the suspects — three men and three women — have been charged, AL.com reported, but …
The father of a 14-year-old Alabama girl reported missing nearly 12 years ago has been charged with her death. Mobile Police Cpl. Katrina Frazier said a Mobile County grand jury indicted Demetric Hooper on murder charges in the death of Brittany Robinson, AL.com reported. Hooper is in jail in Oklahoma City on unrelated charges but …
Police in western Alabama have charged a man with murder after the body of a missing woman was found floating in a body of water. Sabrina Danielle Harbin, 35, was last seen Tuesday night walking east on Jackson Street in Demopolis. WSFA reported. Police and firefighters searched the area for her with boats, drones, and …
An Alabama police officer has been charged with a misdemeanor for making multiple “swatting” phones calls — while on duty — because “he thought it was funny.” Christopher Eugene Sanspree Jr., 23, has been placed on administrative leave from his job with the Montgomery Police Department after his arrest by Prattville Police, who said he …
Two Alabama teens have been arrested and charged with the murder of a 16-year-old Montgomery high school student who was found shot to death days after he was reported missing. Michael Anthony Cole Jr. was found dead Monday, and Nedvin Maynard Jones Jr. and Nicholas Treyvon King-Sheppard, both 18, have been arrested, AL.com reported. Charging …
Kenneth Eugene Smith convulsed for four minutes Thursday night as the state of Alabama carried out the first ever execution by nitrogen gas. Smith, convicted in 1996 of carrying out the 1989 murder-for hire of Elizabeth Sennett, was pronounced dead just before 8:30 p.m., the Montgomery Advertiser reported. Sennett’s husband, Church of Christ pastor Charles …
