Police in Alabama are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who they say was caught stealing a child’s wheelchair and custom-made walker that he later sold for scrap. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday they were looking for Tony Whitehead for stealing the child’s items from his front porch. At the …
Authorities in Florida say a lawman from Alabama was arrested last week on suspicion of lewd conduct in the presence of multiple women and teens. According to the New York Post, 44-year-old Billy Maurice Driggers was a police chief in Level Plains and traveled to Palm Beach where he allegedly masturbated and otherwise fondled himself …
A 5-month-old Alabama boy reportedly drowned in a bathtub Saturday as his father played video games in another room and forgot about him. Jefferson County police announced that Cordarius Cotton, 23, was charged with reckless manslaughter for leaving his son, Dezmend Cotton, alone in a tub for more than an hour. Medics who arrived at the …
An Alabama mother, her husband, and her mother are facing criminal charges after police allegedly found her 13-year-old son chained, stripped naked, and living in a dog crate. Per AL.com, the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office got involved Thursday after an anonymous caller claimed a child living in a Prattville home was being chained and abused. …
A 15-year-old Alabama girl was charged with two counts of capital murder for allegedly stabbing her mother and older sister to death last week. The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports that deputies found the bodies of Rosa Aminta Maldonado, 44, and her daughter, Rosa Lee Maldonado, 19, (pictured left and right) in their Lester home at 1 …
Authorities in Alabama say an elementary school student brought a stolen gun to Blossomwood Elementary School this week and shot himself in the hand. A statement from Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Christie Finley confirmed the two children involved are in second grade at the school. They were inside a restroom during physical education class at …
An early morning shooting at a fast-food establishment near Auburn University in Alabama left one person dead and four others injured. According to WSB, authorities responded to gunshots fired at the location at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. “Auburn Police Officers were already in the immediate vicinity of the call dispersing a large crowd. Officers confirmed …
Alabama authorities made a second arrest in a deadly 2017 home invasion after obtaining DNA testing results from a mask left at the crime scene. AL.com reported that Jefferson County police arrested Jason Dale Boatwright, 40, on August 22 for the September 15, 2017, home invasion that left Stephen Douglas Crump, 38, dead. Police said Boatwright and Crump, …
Two people arrested in Florida following the murders of an elderly Alabama couple reportedly stayed across the street from the couple in the weeks leading up to the slayings. According to AL.com, Zachary Phillips, 23, and Kristen Gullion, 30, both felons, haven’t been charged for Mary, 67, and Joe “Steve”, 68, Holt’s deaths. While police haven’t …
An Alabama couple is accused of allowing the woman’s 22-month-old son to lie in agony for at least 10 hours before she took him to the hospital. AL.com reports that police arrested mother Almetric Matthews, 33, and her boyfriend, Tristan Dial, 31, last week following an indictment. Dial is facing murder charges while Matthew is …
A missing Alabama girl who was found dead last month was beheaded after witnessing her grandmother’s fatal stabbing, an investigator testified during a preliminary hearing this week. According to AL.com, Madison County investigator Stacy Rutherford said Israel Palomino, 34, and Yoni Aguilar, 26, murdered Oralia Mendoza, 49, and her granddaughter, Maria Lopez, days after doing a drug …
Authorities in Alabama say a U.S. Air Force veteran opened fire on his wife and their triplet daughters before turning the gun on himself at their home last week. According to the The Daily Mail, the shooting occurred on Saturday night and resulted in the death of 44-year-old Charlene Orsi, one of the girls, and …
