SUSPECT LEADS POLICE ON HIGH-SPEED CHASE

On Friday, July 5, 2024, at around 1:30 AM, a Florence police officer observed a black Hyundai Sonata make an improper turn on Cloverdale Road. The vehicle accelerated to speeds of over 90 MPH. Officers pursued the vehicle.

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FLORENCE

SUSPECT LEADS POLICE ON HIGH-SPEED CHASE

On Friday, July 5, 2024, at around 1:30 AM, a Florence police officer observed a black Hyundai Sonata make an improper turn on Cloverdale Road. The vehicle accelerated to speeds of over 90 MPH. Officers pursued the vehicle.

The vehicle continued to try to elude officers by making several turns and continuing to drive at high speeds. The driver lost control and struck a light pole around County Road 42 and Chisholm Road.

The vehicle was only occupied by the driver, who was transported to the North Alabama Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The incident is still under investigation.

Deputies with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department arrested Quinton Marlow Keel, who apparently fled a court ordered rehab from a 2020 drug case in Lauderdale County.

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FLORENCE– Lauderdale County authorities have arrested a 23- year-old who led police on a high-speed chase through three counties.

Deputies with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department arrested Quinton Marlow Keel, who apparently fled a court ordered rehab from a 2020 drug case in Lauderdale County.

Police say Keel was in a stolen car. The chase reportedly started in Lawrence County and progressed through Colbert into Lauderdale county into the city of Florence.

Keel was arrested at the intersection of Pine Street and Court Street.

According to authorities, Keel is being held in the Lauderdale County Detention Center without bond on two alias warrants. He is now facing possible escape charges and theft of property charges and a possession of methamphetamine charge, not to mention resisting arrest.

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Emergency workers tell ShoalsInsider.com that Ashton Aigner of Sheffield was driving a 2018 Mitsubishi Highlander eastbound on US Highway 72 and was being pursued by multiple law enforcement [...]]]>

ROGERSVILLE– A Sheffield teen was killed after a pursuit with police ended when the SUV he was driving left the roadway, ejecting him from the vehicle.

Emergency workers tell ShoalsInsider.com that Ashton Aigner of Sheffield was driving a 2018 Mitsubishi Highlander eastbound on US Highway 72 and was being pursued by multiple law enforcement agencies.

According to State Troopers, the vehicle suddenly swerved off the roadway approximately 2.5 miles west of Rogersville and overturned multiple times fully ejecting the driver.

Aigner was taken to North Alabama Medical Center where he died as a result of his injuries.

Our thoughts and prayers are with this young man’s family.

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Police tell ShoalsInsider.com that 23-year-old Chandler Phillips crashed a stolen vehicle into a truck ending the chase near the intersection of West 1st Street and North Milton Street in Downtown Tuscumbia.

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TUSCUMBIA – A suspect in numerous church burglaries and car break-ins was arrested following a high-speed chase.

Police tell ShoalsInsider.com that 23-year-old Chandler Phillips crashed a stolen vehicle into a truck ending the chase near the intersection of West 1st Street and North Milton Street in Downtown Tuscumbia.

Investigators say Phillips is the primary suspect in several church burglaries, car break-ins and thefts this past week.

Police say Phillips was taken by ambulance to Helen Keller Hospital for injuries he sustained in the wreck.

LORETTO, TENN. (SHOALS INSIDER) Authorities tell the Shoals Insider a man is behind bars after a high-speed police chase that began in the Shoals and ended in Lawrence County, Tennessee.

The Shoals Insider has received numerous news tips about a high-speed chase thru the Shoals involving Muscle Shoals police, Florence PD, and Colbert County.