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Florence Man Hospitalized, Police Asking for Info

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Our agency responded to a medical assist call in the 1900 block of Holiday Drive at9pm last night. When officers arrived they found a 27 year old black male lying in the doorway of his home.

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Alabama Man Indicted for Alleged Securities Fraud

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MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA (July 6, 2016) Lyn Head, District Attorney for the 6th Judicial Circuit, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; and Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) announced that on June 15, 2016, Terry Earl Hester, of Banks, Alabama turned himself in to the Tuscaloosa County Jail, based on an arrest warrant issued after the April 2016 Tuscaloosa County Grand Jury returned a six-count indictment for alleged violations of the Alabama Securities Act.  Hester was released after posting a $90,000 bond.
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Police Warn Public of Man Financially Scamming Women on Facebook

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ALBERTVILLE, AL- We are asking for your help in identifying the young man in these pictures, he met one of his victims at Walgreens in Albertville around the last of April wearing the red shirt and cowboy hat. He likes to friend women on facebook and before you know it he has scammed them and banks out of money.

 

 

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Florence Mugshots 7.1.2016 part 1

Birth Date:  09/20/88 Booking Number:  A1602629 Agency:  FPD Inmate Name:  FISHER, BRITNEY L Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class 15:49:00 06/27/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1A 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM 15:49:00 06/27/16 Fail to Appear/Comply/Pay 1st 1A 13A-10-39 5015 MUN CM

Birth Date:  09/20/88
Booking Number:  A1602629
Agency:  FPD
Inmate Name:  FISHER, BRITNEY L
Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class
15:49:00 06/27/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1A 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM
15:49:00 06/27/16 Fail to Appear/Comply/Pay 1st 1A 13A-10-39 5015 MUN CM

Birth Date:  09/21/80 Booking Number:  A1602623 Agency:  FPD Inmate Name:  FUQUA, RODERICK S Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class 01:20:00 06/27/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM

Birth Date:  09/21/80
Booking Number:  A1602623
Agency:  FPD
Inmate Name:  FUQUA, RODERICK S
Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class
01:20:00 06/27/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM

Birth Date:  05/18/77 Booking Number:  A1602533 Agency:  FPD Inmate Name:  COLLINS, KENNY E Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class 10:15:00 06/21/16 Contempt of Court 1AB 13A-10-2 5005 MUN AM

Birth Date:  05/18/77
Booking Number:  A1602533
Agency:  FPD
Inmate Name:  COLLINS, KENNY E
Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class
10:15:00 06/21/16 Contempt of Court 1AB 13A-10-2 5005 MUN AM

Birth Date:  09/25/87 Booking Number:  A1602618 Agency:  FPD Inmate Name:  COOMBS, CRISTY A Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class 20:49:00 06/26/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 3AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM

Birth Date:  09/25/87
Booking Number:  A1602618
Agency:  FPD
Inmate Name:  COOMBS, CRISTY A
Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class
20:49:00 06/26/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 3AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM

Birth Date:  01/14/90 Booking Number:  A1602588 Agency:  FPD Inmate Name:  BARNETT, DENNIS W KING Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class 18:42:00 06/24/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM 18:42:00 06/24/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM

Birth Date:  01/14/90
Booking Number:  A1602588
Agency:  FPD
Inmate Name:  BARNETT, DENNIS W KING
Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class
18:42:00 06/24/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM
18:42:00 06/24/16 Alias Arrest/Bench Warrant 1AB 15-11-5 5015 MUN BM

 

 

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Sylacauga Woman Indicted for Embezzling from Union Local

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BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Sylacauga woman for embezzling more than $23,000 from a construction trades union local based in Irondale, according to authorities. Continue reading Sylacauga Woman Indicted for Embezzling from Union Local

Convenience Store Owner Sentenced to Prison for Food Stamp Fraud

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BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge this week sentenced a Bessemer grocery store owner to three years and 10 months in prison and ordered him to forfeit $5.2 million to the government for defrauding the food stamp program, structuring cash transactions and laundering money to hide the illegal profit, and evading federal income taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot and U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General, Investigations, Special Agent in Charge Karen Citizen-Wilcox.

 

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Morgan County Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Child

Dusty Ray Wilhoite

                                Dusty Ray Wilhoite

 

BIRMINGHAM – A Morgan County man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to sexual exploitation of a child for videotaping a 13-year-old girl undressing and stepping into a shower, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Stan Stabler.

 

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Five People Arrested in Theft Ring

Brandon Berry Sharp

Brandon Berry Sharp

Dedrick Casey

Dedrick Casey

Jerry Benjamin Crowden

Jerry Benjamin Crowden

Kayla Michelle Sharp

Kayla Michelle Sharp

Lawrence Matthew Lee

Lawrence Matthew Lee

 

The people arrested were, Dedrick Casey, Brandon Berry Sharp, Jerry Benjamin Crowden, Kayla Michelle Sharp Burns and Lawrence Matthew Lee.

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Pre-Registration Open for Northwest Alabama Job Fair at NW-SCC

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MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA. — Avoid the summer heat and long registration lines by pre-registering at nwscc.edu for the Northwest Alabama Job Fair at Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC).

 

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Arizona Man Indicted for Alleged Securities Fraud in Tuscaloosa County

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MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA (June 28, 2016) Lyn Head, District Attorney for the 6th Judicial Circuit, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; and Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) announced that on June 24, 2016, James Friend Liebes, of Paradise Valley, Arizona was arrested by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for alleged violations of the Alabama Securities Act, based on an arrest warrant issued after the April 2016 Tuscaloosa County Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment.  Liebes is currently being held in the Maricopa County Jail in Arizona, awaiting extradition to Alabama.

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Governor Bentley Announces Alabama Regional Job Fairs are Putting Alabamians Back to Work

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MONTGOMERY (Governor’s Office) – Governor Robert Bentley received a presentation from Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington on the successful outcome of the Regional Job Fairs that are being hosted by the Department of Labor throughout the state.

 

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Leader of Northeast Birmingham Drug Ring Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison

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BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge today sentenced the leader of one of Birmingham’s largest cocaine- and heroin-trafficking rings to nearly 23 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot, and Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale.

 

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NW-SCC students win three medals at National SkillsUSA Championships

NW-SCC brings home three medals from national SkillsUSA  competition_LtoR_Joseph Ezell, Five Points, TN_Amber Hutcheson, Bear Creek,  AL_Jonathan Howard, Rogersville, AL

NW-SCC brings home three medals from national SkillsUSA competition_LtoR_Joseph Ezell, Five Points, TN_Amber Hutcheson, Bear Creek, AL_Jonathan Howard, Rogersville, AL

 

MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA. — Proving to be some of the best in the nation, Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) students were awarded medalist honors in Cabinetmaking, Carpentry and Cosmetology (Job Skill Open Demonstration) at the 2016 SkillsUSA National Competition in Louisville, Ky. last week.

 

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Alabamasippi? I’m so confused.

These Alabama and Auburn shirts were spotted for sale at Dillard’s. Can you see what’s wrong with them?

 

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Decatur Woman Arrested for Shooting Husband

Michelle Lee Owens

                                   Michelle Lee Owens

 

On June 26th, 2016 at 2:46 pm the Morgan County E911 Center received a call from 2907 Lennox Drive Southwest, Decatur. Officers were dispatched to the residence to check the welfare of the family inside.
At the residence, Officers made contact with Michelle Lee Owens as well as a male juvenile.

 

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Lauderdale County Mugshots for June 17 through June 24, 2016

Birth Date:  10/08/95 Booking Number:  A1602553 Agency:  JUD Inmate Name:  WILLIAMSON, NATHANIEL D Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class 17:25:00 06/22/16 Other 0004 MUN VI

Birth Date:  10/08/95
Booking Number:  A1602553
Agency:  JUD
Inmate Name:  WILLIAMSON, NATHANIEL D
Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class
17:25:00 06/22/16 Other 0004 MUN VI

Birth Date:  08/17/61 Booking Number:  A1602467 Agency:  LAUD Inmate Name:  WALLIS, REBECCA J Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class 11:00:00 06/17/16 NWNI/Insufficient Funds Check 13A-9-13.1 2606 DIST AM

Birth Date:  08/17/61
Booking Number:  A1602467
Agency:  LAUD
Inmate Name:  WALLIS, REBECCA J
Time/Date Offense Area Statute Court Crime Class
11:00:00 06/17/16 NWNI/Insufficient Funds
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13A-9-13.1 2606 DIST AM

 

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Three Franklin County Prisoners Caught Escaping

 

BURNEY, CHARLES LEE Booking #: 1606161477 Booking Date: 06-10-2016 Charges: POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; POSSESSION DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

BURNEY, CHARLES LEE
Booking #: 1606161477
Booking Date: 06-10-2016
Charges: POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; POSSESSION DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

GRIMES, CHRISTOPHER ADAM Booking #: 1602291358 Booking Date: 02-24-2016 Charges: ESCAPE 1ST; MOTION TO REVOKE

GRIMES, CHRISTOPHER ADAM
Booking #: 1602291358
Booking Date: 02-24-2016
Charges: ESCAPE 1ST; MOTION TO REVOKE

 

 

First Charles Burney, who was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia, climbed through an air duct.

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Franklin County Mugshots for 6.24.2016

Mugshots provided by Franklin County. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty.

 

BLUE, JEFFREY GLEN Booking #:1605191467 Booking Date:	05-13-2016 Charges:	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2ND; DOMESTIC STRANGULATION

BLUE, JEFFREY GLEN
Booking #: 1605191467
Booking Date: 05-13-2016
Charges: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2ND; DOMESTIC STRANGULATION

WYATT, CHRISTOPHER LAMAR Booking #:1606161515 Booking Date:	06-16-2016 Charges:	POSSESSION FORGED INSTRUMENT 1ST; THEFT OF PROPERTY 3RD

WYATT, CHRISTOPHER LAMAR
Booking #: 1606161515
Booking Date: 06-16-2016
Charges: POSSESSION FORGED INSTRUMENT 1ST; THEFT OF PROPERTY 3RD

 

 

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Wanted for Possession of Forged Instrument

Precious Michelle White

                                  Precious Michelle White

 

MOST WANTED – Russellville Police have a grand jury indictment to serve on Precious Michelle White. Her arrest warrant is for possession of a forged instrument.

 

 

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Crime of the Week

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In late May, a burglar broke into a popular eatery, stealing cash and food. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help in identifying this thief.

 

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