Crime

By Carol Robinson It’s difficult for Tiffany Irvin to talk about what the past 10 months have been like without her brother. It was May 11, 2023, when gunmen opened fire on 37-year-old Erskin Irvin Jr. outside […]

By Carol Robinson  Nearly a dozen men were arrested on a combined 37 felony crimes in a two-day law enforcement operation aimed at child predators. The Dothan Police Department, in a joint effort with Covenant Rescue […]

By Carol Robinson A 30-year-old Auburn woman has been sentenced to prison for setting fire to First Baptist Church in Montgomery in 2021. Xiaoqin Yan is a citizen of China who was in the U.S. on a […]

By Carol Robinson  A lab technician for Shelby County Community Corrections is facing two felony ethics charges. Adrian Travarius Davis, 37, of Clanton, is charged with two counts of bribery as a public servant. According to […]

By Warren Kulo A 22-year-old Summerdale man is in jail after he was found by Orange Beach police repeatedly ramming his vehicle into a portable sign alerting spring breakers about drinking and drugs. During the incident, […]

By Carol Robinson  Carlee Russell appeared in a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday afternoon, eight months after she vanished from the side of Interstate 459 and sparked a nationwide panic, and asked for mercy as she entered guilty […]

By Carol Robinson A murder charge against a Fairfield man in the 2021 shooting death of a 27-year-old mother of three has been dismissed under the state’s Stand Your Ground law. A Jefferson County grand jury […]

By Warren Kulo Five Alabama men were among 12 suspects taken into custody as the result of an 11-agency effort dubbed “Operation Kessel Run” designed to flush out would-be child sexual predators. Special Agent Chris Williams […]

By William Thornton Hartselle police said a 72-year-old man has been arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material. According to a news release, Roy Wayne Goodwin, 72, of Hartselle, was arrested Thursday. He faces five counts […]