An Alabama man has been charged with accepting money to kill another man earlier this year then buried his body — inside his pickup truck — in a hole he dug with a backhoe and set it on fire. A Bibb County grand jury indicted 57-year-old John Collum on charges of murder for hire, hindering …
An Alabama elementary school teacher was arrested this week and charged with willful abuse of a child under 18 after a video went viral showing her allegedly beating a boy with a belt more than 20 times. Cottage Hill Christian Academy said the boy was Nicole Staples’ son and the incident took place at her …
An Alabama man was arrested Monday night after law enforcement was notified he made “credible threats of violence against multiple synagogues throughout Alabama and surrounding states.” A search warrant was conducted on the home of Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker in Needham, and he was taken into custody. Authorities also seized weapons, “more than a suitcase full …
A Alabama daycare owner has been charged with 27 counts connected with the death of a 4-month-old baby at the center in 2022. Angelene Chamblee was initially charged with six counts of child care act violation and two counts of forgery after the child, Autumn Wells, died at Tiny Tigers Daycare in Red Bay in …
A newly hired, small town Alabama police chief abruptly resigned this week amidst an investigation into allegations that he sexually harassed an 18-year-old dispatcher working her first job. Cordova Mayor Jeremy Pate told AL.com that Jason Hare, a husband and father, resigned on Monday, less than four months after he was hired. “We’re aware of …
An Alabama police officer has been fired after a a chase ended in a crash that killed an uninvolved teenager. Garry Chapman, son of Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman, lost his job as a result of the September 6 crash, police confirmed to WAFF. Chapman was placed on leave after the crash, as CrimeOnline …
A missing Mississippi toddler was found dead in Alabama near where her mother’s body was found the day before. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones, who is also the interim police chief of the Jackson Police Department, said 3-year-old Janae McGill’s body was found on Friday, WAPT reported. The body of her mother, 32-year-old Shardee McGill …
An Alabama plumber has pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder for hire for trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife and six adult children last year. Mohammad A.H. Mohammed, 64, thought he was hiring someone to “take care of” his family in September 2024, the US Attorney for the Northern District of …
The body of a missing Mississippi woman was found this week in Alabama, but her toddler daughter remains missing. Shardee McGill, 32, and her 3-year-old daughter Janae were reported missing Tuesday night by her husband, Johnathon McGill, WAPT reported. He said the pair had “packed some belongings” Sunday night and not returned. the Jackson Police …
An Alabama man is behind bars after allegedly stealing an ambulance from a crime scene, leading police on a high-speed chase Saturday. ABC 7 reported that on Saturday morning, just before 10 a.m., two men got into an argument in front of the Downey City Library that resulted in one man being fatally stabbed. “The …
An Alabama police officer is on administrative leave after a police chase late last week that ended in a deadly crash. That officer has been identified as Garry Chapman, son of Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, WAFF reported. Tristan Hollis, 17, died in the Saturday night crash which began when Priceville …
An Alabama woman was arrested earlier ths month and charged with capital murder in the death of her infant daughter. Morgan Skye Thornton, 35, was initially charged with aggravated child abuse as the child, “who had been severely beaten and showed no signs of life,” was rushed to a hospital, where the boy eventually died, …
