Crime

By Carol Robinson  A 27-year-old man has been charged on more than a dozen cases in the sexual assaults of seven women in the Birmingham area dating back so far to 2014. The Jefferson County District […]

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 […]