Crime

By Howard Koplowitz A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy was placed on administrative leave after he was charged with promoting prostitution, the sheriff’s office said Friday. Jerrod Moore, a 25-year-old deputy assigned to the corrections division, turned […]

By Carol Robinson  An east Alabama sheriff’s deputy was killed Monday in a line-of-duty traffic crash. Chambers County Sheriff Sid Lockhart identified the deputy as J’Mar Abel. He was 24. Abel was assisting the Roanoke Police […]

By Amy Yurkanin  A federal jury found an Alabama man guilty last week of sex trafficking at least five victims – including a minor – who were coerced into prostitution, according to the U.S. Department of […]

By Carol Robinson  A Vestavia Hills man is now formally charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of a man and two women during a church potluck supper Thursday night. Robert Findlay Smith, 70, is charged in […]

By Carol Robinson  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the disappearance and death of Paighton Houston, who was found buried in a shallow grave two years ago. The lawsuit was filed Dec. 20, 2021, which was […]

By Howard Koplowitz  An undocumented immigrant was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to bringing a 15-year-old runaway girl to Alabama for sex, according to court records and a report. Myron […]

By Carol Robinson An 18-year-old was found shot to death early Sunday when his vehicle crashed into a building in Birmingham. North Precinct officers were dispatched just after 1 a.m. to 608 Second Ave. North, said […]

By Carol Robinson A west Alabama jailer is under arrest on multiple charges of inappropriate sexual contact with an inmate. Marquita Booker, 28, was booked into the Pickens County Jail Friday afternoon on 16 counts of […]

By Howard Koplowitz https://www.wvtm13.com/article/six-shot-high-school-graduation-party-anniston-alabama/40129624 Six people were shot and another was hurt fleeing the scene when gunfire erupted early Friday morning at an Anniston graduation party, police said. More than 150 people, ranging in age from […]

By Carol Robinson A former Birmingham building inspector was convicted Thursday for accepting payment in exchange for approving a building inspection. Thomas Edward Stoves, 53, was found guilty in Jefferson County of violating the state ethics […]