Crime

By Carol Robinson The west Alabama leader of a band of organized thieves who conspired to steal high-end vehicles by Lamborghini, Porsche and more is going to federal prison. Jamarus Deontae “Juke” Hoskins, a 30-year-old Greensboro […]

By Carol Robinson  A former Alabama police officer has been sentenced to federal prison for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty and receiving sexually explicit photos of a minor. Jarrod Gailen Webster, who was a […]

By William Thornton A Lawrence County man has been sentenced to 300 years in federal prison for committing multiple child sexual exploitation crimes. David Edward Collier, II, 47, of Moulton pleaded guilty to 13 charges in […]

By William Thornton Huntsville police say one person is in custody in connection with the shooting death of a man whose body was found on the Whitesburg Bridge Friday. Sgt. Chris Jackson with Huntsville police said authorities […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Rodney Wood, a 22-year-old Popeyes manager in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder after allegedly shooting a fellow employee during a heated argument over burnt biscuits. Wood was arrested […]

STILLMAN COLLEGE PRESS RELEASE (L–R): Varick Lawrence, Destiny Gardner, and Sieas Elliott—Stillman College students and alumni who tragically lost their lives in a car accident in Atlanta, Georgia. L–TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – It is with profound sorrow […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Chloe Coplen-Anderson, an 18-year-old from Sheridan County, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 35 to 60 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder in the 2023 death of her newborn son. […]

By Carol Robinson  If Damien McDaniel is convicted of the 18 murders with which he is charged, he would become the most prolific known killer in Alabama’s history. If he is convicted of just two of those 18 […]