Roger Murphy

ATHENS-Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson released a statement concerning the theft of guns and a generator on April 4: “Yesterday afternoon investigator Kelly Fussell arrested Randall Phillip Schrimsher for burglary …

MONTGOMERY-Governor Robert Bentley was booked into the Montgomery County Jail earlier today, Monday, April 10.  He was charged with a misdemeanor charge of Failure to Disclose.  His bond was set …

ATHENS-Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson issued a statement on the arrest of a suspect for shooting into an occupied vehicle on Friday, April 7. The arrest was made on Monday, …

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department made two arrests over the weekend of April 7.  Both were theft cases in separate  cases.  The Department released this statement: “Eric Whitson was arrested following …

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department has issued a BOLO for an escaped inmate who should be considered Armed and Dangerous.  The inmate escaped from the Lauderdale Detention Center around 9:22 PM …

Florence Police report Madison Francis Holbert found and she is safe. FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department has issued a BOLO for a missing teen. Madison Francis Holbert was last seen on March …

MONTGOMERY-After meeting for more than eight hours on Wednesday, April 5 the Alabama Ethics Commission found probable cause that Governor Robert Bentley violated ethics laws. The Alabama Ethics Commission held a closed-door executive …

FLORENCE-Jenise Spurgeon a Florida woman facing hundreds of counts of child abuse and enticement charges is back in Lauderdale County as of Wednesday, April 5. Spurgeon was a foster parent in …

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department issued a statement on the arrest of a suspect with several charges stemming from a welfare check on Tuesday, April 4: “Julien C. Lefort was arrested …

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department issued a statement on the  indictment of a suspect by the Lauderdale County Grand Jury.  The suspect has been charged with 2 counts of Sodomy 2nd …

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department issued a statement regarding the arrest of two suspects over the weekend in the theft of two vehicles: “Jason D. Foster and Jeffery P.  Gallagher were arrested over …

NAUVOO-On Sunday, April 2  the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reported an auto accident that claimed the life of one person: “A single-vehicle crash at 8:05 a.m. today, April 2, has …

JASPER-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports one deathnin an auto accident that occurred on Friday, March 31: “A single-vehicle crash at 9 p.m. Friday, March 31, has claimed the life …

FLORENCE-ALEA reports a traffic accident involving two vehicles resulting in the death of a Colbert County Man on Friday evening, March 31. The accident occurred around 5:30 PM on Friday …

COLBERT COUNTY-One person dead and two injured after ATV accident on Thursday, March 30. Colbert County Sheriff Frank Williamson reports Lashay Terry, 23 died from her injuries sustained in the …

MARION COUNTY-The Marion County Sheriff’s Department issued a statement on the capture of an inmate who escaped from the county jail on March 17, 2017: “Inmate Cory Dean that escaped …

FLORENCE-Florence Police Chief Ron Tyler issued a statement concerning the Grand Jury indictment of Lauren Ezell on Charges of theft on Tuesday, March 28.  Ms Ezell was an employee of …

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department released a statement concerning the arrest of a suspect on charges of Child Endangerment: “Taylor Brooks was arrested on warrants yesterday stemming from the birth of …

DOUBLE SPRINGS-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a two-car crash on Tuesday, March 28.  Two died in this accident: “A two-vehicle crash today, March 28, has claimed two lives.  Billy Ray …

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department released a statement concerning the arrest of one suspect on Monday, March 27 for Burglary and Theft: “Jason Pennington was arrested yesterday following a suspicious persons …