Crime Archives December 2019
Man once elected Jefferson County DA reports for 6-month jail term
3 people arrested on drugs, gun charges in Bay Minette
Body pulled from Lake Guntersville on Monday afternoon
Body of missing 72-year-old east Alabama man found in well; suspect charged
Man shot while driving in Fairfield over the weekend
Police chase from Irondale to downtown Birmingham ends in crash; 3 suspects, 1 motorist injured
Mobile police officers appear to ridicule homeless people in viral Facebook post
19-year-old killed in weekend Birmingham shooting
These tragic crimes horrified Alabama in 2019
Alabama police rescue woman kidnapped at knifepoint; suspect jailed after multiple chases, gunfire
Woman dies Christmas Eve after fleeing Tuscaloosa cops
Man slain outside west Birmingham apartment complex identified
Triple shooting leaves one dead on Birmingham’s west side
Deputies locate 3 persons of interest in Walker County man’s disappearance
Guntersville City Councilman Robert Sanchez Watkins arrested in Albertville
Jeffco man files class-action suit claiming Ring outdoor camera hacker spied on his children
Shooting suspect quickly nabbed after police chief hears shots, jumps into action
Man wanted for fatal shooting at Enterprise nightclub
Shelby County infant found to have 22 broken ribs, other fractures; teen father charged
North Alabama mom indicted on capital murder charge in son’s hot car death
Baldwin Co. man accused of Mobile hospital assault also facing attempted murder charge
Birmingham man shot and killed when he answered knock on the door
Body found on Birmingham roadside is city’s 100th homicide in 2019
3 persons of interest sought in disappearance of Walker County man
Woman charged with Christmas Eve murder of infant girl in south Alabama
Man arrested in early-morning Huntsville nightclub stabbing
Man convicted of Jefferson County double killing dies in prison
Deputy assaulted after Limestone County auto business burglarized
Man calls 911 to report he killed his parents on Christmas Eve
Man’s body found on Birmingham roadside; investigation underway
1 injured in early-morning Tuscaloosa shooting
Teen shoots stepfather in Pinson while defending his mother, deputies say
2 men shot in southwest Birmingham on Christmas
Bay Minette teen killed in single-vehicle wreck on Christmas Eve
Eufaula man dies after being shot inside club early Christmas morning
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1 killed, 1 injured in Russell County crash on Christmas Eve
Police: Foley man charged in sexual abuse of infant
31-year-old identified as Birmingham’s latest homicide victim
Report: 2 killed, including 4-year-old boy, in Etowah County wreck
Bessemer police searching for man who disappeared last week
Critically-wounded Ozark police officer on road to ‘miraculous recovery’
DCH Health System patients file federal suit over ransomware attack
Pair blazed a trail of evil, brutality and death from Alabama to Missouri
Two men killed in Midtown Mobile ID’d
15-year-old girl missing in Shelby County found safe
Former Creola police chief, city clerk accused of stealing more than $75,000 from city
Deadly shooting under investigation in west Birmingham neighborhood
Woman, 54, killed in single-vehicle Macon County crash
Mobile police identify murder suspect in West Mobile shooting
Shoplifter’s gun accidentally discharges in Dillard’s at Bel Air Mall
Clues, witnesses sought in November slaying of couple in Bessemer
Suspect jailed in thefts of multiple weapons from Tuscaloosa gun shops
Reward offered for information about zebra, cow and horses killed in Andalusia
2 charged with murder of man in Mobile
‘Extremely dangerous’ murder suspect Adam Isom captured by Birmingham police
2 killed, 2 injured in Tuskegee shooting
‘Our Aniah is in heaven’: Loved ones celebrate life of slain Alabama college student
Suspect in custody in deadly Florence shooting
Montgomery doctor found guilty in federal pill mill case
Ex-clerk pleads guilty to stealing more than $400K from 2 Mobile County cities
Suspect sought in Brighton homicide Friday
Police: No charges in homicide of Birmingham bartender
‘Miscommunication’ led to Alabama woman being shot by officers trying to arrest man already in jail
U.S. Marshals nab 36-year-old man wanted in deadly Birmingham shooting
Suspects in Alabama murder, kidnapping linked to Illinois triple homicide, Tennessee home invasion
Police still seeking Birmingham man missing since 2017
5 killed in northeast Alabama fire
Prosecutor seeks answers about man accused of killing Huntsville policeman
Man sought in theft of 2 golf clubs from Opelika store
Woman shot in Wilmer by law enforcement
‘He has proven he is a killer’: Search continues for Birmingham capital murder suspect
Attorney general fights against bond for Lowndes County sheriff’s accused killer
Mobile taxi driver carjacked, kidnapped at Popeyes, forced to drive towards Chicago, police say
Mobile police reaching new heights investigating cyber crimes
Brewton man accused of raping 2 minors
Women charged with promoting prostitution at massage parlor
Mobile police looking for ‘Etoh Da Shooter’ again
Florida man accused of carjacking, kidnapping woman in Mobile
Bessemer City Jail inmate recaptured after fleeing during transfer to county lockup
No youthful offender status for accused killer of Mobile police officer
Alabama man wanted in Georgia woman’s murder taunted police on Facebook
East Alabama man gets life without parole in mother’s 2017 killing
‘He took my mom away’; Wounded man mourns mom’s shooting death, prays for arrest of accused killer
Marshals nab suspect in slaying of Navy veteran in Norwood
2 suspects in USA professor’s murder plead not guilty
Bond revoked for teen driver in crash that killed Rod and Paula Bramblett
Kidnapping charge dismissed against 1 suspect in Aniah Blanchard case
‘Armed and dangerous’ suspect sought in deadly shooting of woman at Birmingham stop sign
40 guns stolen in break-in at Tuscaloosa store; reward offered
Woman charged in 5-year-old’s killing indicted on unrelated attempted murder charge
Crash victim dies weeks after Carraway Boulevard wreck
Alabama man sought in Georgia woman’s shooting death
Ozark officer critically injured in line-of-duty shooting showing some improvement
Woman abducted from Montgomery home calls 911 from Calera gas station bathroom; boyfriend arrested after manhunt
Limestone County reaches settlement with ex-investigator in sexual assault lawsuit
Victim identified in Robertsdale house party murder
Possible Lee County murder plot leads to arrests of 4 teens
Mississippi man tried 6 times for murder granted bond
Suspect in multiple crimes charged in deadly shooting at Center Point apartment complex
Stolen Nintendo Switch leads Mobile police to USA professor murder suspects
'My whole family is destroyed’: Brother mourns woman found murdered in woods by St. Vincent’s East
Chilton County manhunt for man wanted on assault, possible kidnapping charges ends with arrest
Alabama men linked to woman’s shooting death in Atlanta
Authorities ID woman found slain in woods, 2 killed in Jeffco apartment shooting
Man arrested for capital murder in Phenix City shooting death
1 injured in early-morning shooting at Fairfield motorcycle club
One shot dead in Baldwin County
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2 dead, 1 critically injured in possible drug-fueled shooting in east Jefferson County
1 woman kidnapped, another found murdered in bizarre series of crimes in Jefferson County
2 arrested in Mobile County in connection with stolen checks investigation
Report: Hueytown Middle School teacher arrested for public intoxication at school
Man allegedly stole east Alabama fire chief’s official vehicle while chief was on call
Shooting by father who shot suspect on daughter’s property still under investigation: Police
16-year-old brought stolen gun to Calhoun County high school: Sheriff
Gulf Shores teen arrested for making terrorist threats on social media
Pinson man charged in DUI crash that sent 8 people to the hospital
Suspect charged in teen’s Brighton slaying: ‘I prayed and asked the Lord to reveal the truth’
DA: Teen charged in crash that killed Rod Bramblett, wife continues with ‘reckless driving behavior’
Man arrested for taking photos of woman in Tanger Outlet bathroom stall in Foley, police say
Suspect in deadly Georgia plant shooting nabbed by ATF agents, U.S. Marshals at Birmingham bus stop
Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney suspect said she saw child’s sexual assault
2 charged with murder of University of South Alabama professor
St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office searching for teen missing since Dec. 3
Woman shot near elementary school in Midtown Mobile
Montgomery drug trafficker sentenced to 30 years in federal prison
7-year-old calls 911 to report domestic stabbing in Brookside; adult son injured, dad jailed
Teen shot in leg in Midtown Mobile
Police trying to ID suspect in Tuscaloosa robbery
Man convicted in 1982 murder of Birmingham Sammy’s dancer now linked to 1980 Boston slaying
Limestone County judge accused of stealing from juvenile fund, elderly veteran
‘Such a beautiful kid’: Teammates, coaches, family honor 5-year-old Birmingham homicide victim
Theodore man pleads guilty to bank robbery from July
Cullman magistrate illegally accessed files on son’s investigation, records state
Blount County making changes after man released from jail before deadly double shooting
72-year-old man sentenced to 30 years in repeated sex abuse of young girl
‘I want it to stop’: Mom of slain Birmingham teen mourns lives cut short
Man shot, killed during shootout with three Mobile deputies
2nd escaped Chilton County Jail inmate back in custody
Chilton County prisoner recaptured after nearly 4 months on the lam
6 arrested on drug charges in multi-agency Chilton County probe; meth, heroin, Fentanyl seized
Capital murder suspect convicted of lesser charge in 2016 Birmingham shooting
Mobile police looking for suspect in Family Dollar robbery
Woman, 29, charged in shooting death of 5-year-old boy in Birmingham
Montgomery man charged in armed holdup at Hoover store
Former Tarrant bookkeeper accused in theft of $181,000
Missing north Alabama boy found safe, child porn suspect captured: Police
Shelby County couple pleads guilty in horrific abuse case of adoptive son kept in basement
Former Tannehill Park director fined, sentenced for theft from historical foundation
Alabama man threatened Trump and Putin, prosecutors say
Meth, sedative found in Kamille McKinney’s decomposed body, testimony shows
‘We need more Billy Clardys’: Huntsville says goodbye to slain policeman
2 charged in connection with murder of 21-year-old man in Tuscaloosa
Man killed in Bessemer shooting; suspect detained
Birmingham remembers 3 young lives cut short after deadly weekend
Search for wanted man leads to heroin trafficking charges in Walker County
Man shot in the face outside of Hoover home; suspect sought
Mobile man sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking meth
2 Alabama inmate deaths probed; ADOC commissioner vows to ‘mitigate’ prison violence
How to help the family of slain Huntsville policeman Billy Fred Clardy III
Birmingham’s littlest angels: Parents of slain children mourn 5-year-old’s slaying
21-year-old killed in Tuscaloosa shooting
'He is now in heaven’: Hundreds gather to honor slain Huntsville police officer
2 teens gunned down in Birmingham street Sunday night; deadly weekend claims 5 countywide
Mother of suspect in Huntsville police shooting: ‘My heart goes out to the officer’s family’
Investigation underway after man shot dead at Center Point apartments
'He was just a little kid’: Boy, 5, killed in family crossfire outside Birmingham apartment complex
Slain Huntsville police officer Billy Fred Clardy III was son of officer killed in 1978
Man acquitted in 2018 deadly shooting at southwest Birmingham tire shop
Huntsville police officer killed; 6th shot to death in Alabama in 2019
21-year-old felon charged in kidnapping, robbery, sodomy of woman in Birmingham
Teen arrested for pulling knife on student at Williamson High School
Summerdale man arrested for possession of obscene photos of minors
Birmingham man who hasn’t been seen in 3 years found safe by police
$5,000 reward offered in theft of weapons from Tuscaloosa gun shop
Former Mobile animal control officer charged with animal cruelty
Police: Alabama man held Florida girl captive in Louisiana motel
Woman charged in predawn shooting death of her brother in Northport
Police charge man with shooting into Tuscaloosa church
Birmingham police searching for missing 59-year-old man who hasn’t been seen in 3 years
Foul play possible in Walker County disappearance, investigators say
Man faces capital murder charges in Evergreen grocery store shooting of pregnant woman
After 9 years at the helm, CEO of U.S. Space & Rocket Center stepping down
Suspect charged in deadly Montevallo shooting; bond set at more than $1 million
Man shot dead on Vestavia Street in Prichard
Aniah Blanchard murder suspect won’t fight for bond on earlier kidnapping case
Woman abducted, robbed and sexually assaulted in Birmingham; police trying to ID suspect
Ladd-Peebles stadium shooting lawsuit faults City of Mobile, school system, others
Teen charged in fatal drive-by outside Birmingham club awaiting trial in church carnival shooting
State investigating inmate’s death at southeast Alabama prison
Authorities searching for Jackson County prisoner who escaped from work release
2 killed in separate Lee County wrecks Wednesday morning
Alabama man charged with 27 crimes including sex abuse of child and bestiality
Aniah Blanchard ‘went for the gun,’ suspect Ibraheem Yazeed told witness, court records state
Mobile police searching for suspect in Wells Fargo bank robbery
Mobile police still looking for answers in USA professor murder
Megan Montgomery shot multiple times; Mountain Brook police charge ex-cop with capital murder
Man pleads guilty in deadly Huntsville robbery
Gun seized from student’s backpack at Sparkman High School
Charge in Alabama sheriff’s slaying upgraded to capital murder
Alabama Supreme Court intervenes in Mobile tow truck controversy
2 dead, 1 injured in Phenix City shooting
Police investigating whether deadly shooting in north Alabama was justified
Evergreen police arrest suspect in murder of a pregnant woman inside a grocery store
3 indicted on capital murder charges in 2 separate Jeffco slayings
Bond set for Mobile man who allegedly shot his grandson on Thanksgiving
Prosecutors want evangelist Acton Bowen declared a ‘sexually violent predator’
Suspect in Decatur Thanksgiving domestic homicide was on probation, faced arrest
Man shot by 2 masked men during Jefferson County robbery
Man killed in Falkville shooting
Summerdale man arrested on child sex abuse charges
3 women arrested for credit card fraud in Bay Minette
Capital murder charge filed in Aniah Blanchard’s shooting death
16-year-old ID’d as victim in early-morning Birmingham shooting that also left teen girl injured
Woman sentenced to 25 years in girlfriend’s shooting death in Huntsville
Ex-cop surrenders after estranged wife found dead in Mountain Brook
Man shot at Jefferson County deputies during domestic call, authorities say
Alabama evangelist Acton Bowen pleads guilty to 28 sex crimes
Shooting death of Birmingham teen ruled justifiable; no charges to be filed
Lowndes County Sheriff ‘Big John’ Williams remembered as ‘true peacemaker’
Officer shoots man after struggle in Baldwin County
Young woman’s body found in parking lot of Mountain Brook Athletic Complex; homicide probe underway
Shooting in Phenix City leaves man, 30, dead; person of interest sought
24-year-old found shot to death in front yard of west Birmingham home
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