Crime

By Carol Robinson A physical education teacher at a Tuscaloosa County school is on leave following his arrest at the school on Friday. James Steven Cox, 40, was arrested at Lloyd Wood Education Center – a […]

By Carol Robinson A Birmingham man has pleaded guilty to the rape of an adolescent girl who was impregnated by him. Jermaine Powers, 42, was arrested in 2020 on charges of first-degree rape and second-degree rape. […]

By Carol Robinson Family and friends are mourning the weekend killing of a real estate agent who they said was an innocent bystander caught in deadly gunfire at a Bessemer gas station near his home. Wesley […]

By Carol Robinson Two teens are in custody in connection with an overnight rash of car thefts or attempted thefts that prompted a warning from Birmingham police. Additionally, he said, at least five other vehicles were […]

By Carol Robinson & Howard Koplowitz A 13-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl and are in custody in connection with alleged threats of gun violence at Montgomery Public Schools. An 11-year-old girl was detained and charged with […]

By Carol Robinson Federal authorities in Texas have arrested a former Bessemer woman who was convicted of murder in Birmingham and has previously been deported from the U.S. four different times. Maribel Martinez Garcia, a 40-year-old […]

By Carol Robinson Nearly a dozen men are under arrest after authorities say they targeted and solicited children for sex. Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham announced the arrests Monday following last week’s two-day operation. An Alabama […]