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18, May 2012 - Judge rules prosecutors can use housing selection evidence in Bayou La Batre case
MOBILE, Alabama -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can use evidence at Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright’s trial next week that he improperly influenced a committee that awarded housing grants after Hurricane Katrina.
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Legislation aimed at relieving Alabama's overcrowded prisons would limit sentences
View full sizeMobile County Circuit Judge Joseph "Rusty" Johnston talks to a defendant in December 2011 at Mobile Government Plaza.MOBILE, Alabama -- Alabama judges handing down prison time for drug and property crimes would have less discretion for sentencing under...
18, May 2012 - Convicted sex offender objects to judge's recommendation on bid for shorter sentence
MOBILE, Alabama -- Acting as his own lawyer from prison last week, a convicted sex offender from Mobile objected to a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that his bid for a new sentence be rejected.
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press - WNCT
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) A prosecutor says a Buddhist monk in southern Alabama beat to death his temple leader over ... Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for assault and other charges stemming from ...
18, May 2012 - Arrest made in racially tinged beating of Mobile man; suspect and victim had feud (Updated)
MOBILE, Alabama -- Police have arrested Terry Rawls, 44, in the mob-beating of Matthew Owens, according to the Mobile police spokesman Cpl. Christopher Levy. Rawls has a lengthy criminal history, including a previous conviction for first-degree assault, according to court records.
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Mobile County Metro Jail inmate found dead from natural causes, officials say - Everything Alabama
MOBILE, Alabama-- A Mobile County Metro Jail inmate was found dead today, and investigators say the cause appears to be from natural causes. The man, whose name was not released, was found at 11:15 a.m. unresponsive in his jail cell, according ...
18, May 2012 - Baldwin, AL Former Baldwin County Realtor gets more than 3 years, ordered to pay almost $5.2 million
MOBILE, Alabama -- A former Baldwin County Realtor who helped engineer a series of fraudulent real estate transactions will go to prison for more than 3 years and must pay almost $5.2 million in restitution, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Mobile police arrest man in laptop theft; searching for 3 robbers - Everything Alabama Blog
MOBILE, Alabama-- A Mobile man remains in Mobile County Metro Jail after he was arrested and charged with stealing a laptop computer, authorities say. Theodore Butler, 19, faces a third-degree burglary charge. Police were called about 10:45 ...
18, May 2012 - Jean Elizabeth Stroman Hayden, longtime Mobile resident, dies at 84; today's coastal Alabama o
She was 84. According to Hayden's obituary, she attended the University of South Carolina and was certified in secretarial science, after which she became a court reporter and legal secretary for the solicitor of Orangeburg, Calhoun and ...
18, May 2012 - Mobile police say man faked stroke, ran up hospital bills under fake name - Everything Alabama Blog
Levy said Reutckem has an arrest record dating to 1992 for similar offenses — twice in Florida, once in California and once ... and received a 2-year prison sentence for using his cousin’s health insurance card at Providence Hospital in ...
18, May 2012 - Texas women caught with 9 kilograms of cocaine in Mobile County get prison
MOBILE, Alabama -- A pair of Houston women caught with 9 kilograms of cocaine in their vehicle during a traffic stop in Mobile County 2 years ago received prison sentences last week.
18, May 2012 - Kyser Miree slaying: Judge to rule on defense's change of venue request
MOBILE, Alabama -- A Mobile County circuit judge today was asked to move the capital murder trial of Michael Lee, the man accused of killing Kyser Miree during a robbery at his Midtown home.
18, May 2012 - Baldwin, AL 'Career drug dealer' from Daphne gets sentencing break for assistance to law enforcement
MOBILE, Alabama -- A Daphne man described by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office as a "career drug dealer" will go to prison for 5 years and 3 months, a federal judge in Mobile ruled last week.
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Ala. Legislature begins 2nd day of special session
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) A prosecutor says a Buddhist monk in southern Alabama beat to death his temple leader over ... Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for assault and other charges stemming from ...
18, May 2012 - Bay Minette, AL Derided as fraud, Baldwin alternative energy company draws interest from Canadian investor - Everyt
MOBILE, Alabama-- A trial in Mobile’s federal court in 2009 appeared to expose a Baldwin County company’s alternative energy operation as a fraud, but that has not stopped investors’ interest in the Bay Minette-area plant. A bankruptcy ...
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Mobile legislators consider proposed court fee increase
MOBILE, Alabama -- Proposed legislation that would increase a Mobile County court fee appears to be failing from a lack of support despite an amendment that reduced the hike from $50 to $35.
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Magazine reveals disturbing news about US, prisons
Regarding the Mobile Press-Register editorial in the Opelika-Auburn News on May 12 about Alabama’s overcrowded prison system, here are some statistics about our national prison system.
18, May 2012 - Convicted sex offender objects to judge's recommendation on bid for shorter sentence - Everyth
MOBILE, Alabama-- Acting as his own lawyer from prison last ... For a complete roundup of news from federal court, see Monday's Federal Court Digest.
18, May 2012 - Butler, AL Law catches up with drug dealer who fooled authorities with fake name for years - Everything Alabam
MOBILE, Alabama-- Carlos Arturo Madrid Cordoba lived for years ... immigration authorities for almost certain deportation after his finishes the prison term. Butler had abruptly halted Cordoba’s sentencing hearing last month after his attorney ...
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL In radio interview, Stephen Nodine talks about life in prison, criminal charges and the media
MOBILE, Alabama -- Former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine returned to his roots this morning, appearing on local radio show -- the medium that helped launch him to prominence in the 1990s.
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL McClain found guilty, gets 180 days in jail - WALA-TV FOX10
DECATUR, Ala. (WALA) - Oakland Raiders linebacker and former Alabama All-American Rolando McClain has been convicted on four charges related to a December assault in Decatur. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail. McClain was found guilty of ...
18, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Cooperation leads to sentencing break for Brewton man who sold stolen gun
MOBILE, Alabama -- An Escambia County man will go to prison for a year and a half for receiving a stolen firearm, a federal judge in Mobile ruled last week.
17, May 2012 - Former Baldwin County Realtor gets more than 3 years, ordered to pay almost $5.2 million - Everythi
MOBILE, Alabama-- A former Baldwin County Realtor who helped engineer a series of fraudulent real estate transactions will go to prison for more than 3 years ... The defendant’s youngest daughter, Sarah Miller, also asked for mercy.
17, May 2012 - Montgomery, AL Mobile man out of jail on bail following shooting arrest - Everything Alabama Blog
MOBILE, Alabama-- A Mobile man charged with shooting another man during an argument at Seabreeze Court is out of jail on bail today, according to Mobile County Metro Jail records. Nathaniel Arrington, 27, was released from jail shortly after 1 p ...
17, May 2012 - Alabama Supreme Court ruling allows Prichard bankruptcy to move forward - Everything Alabama Blog
MOBILE, Alabama-- The Alabama Supreme Court ruled today that the City of Prichard can move forward with its attempt to seek bankruptcy protection in federal court. The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama cities are not required to have bond debts ...
17, May 2012 - Montgomery, AL University of South Alabama Police arrest student for hiding suspect after robbery - Everything Ala
MOBILE, Alabama-- University of South Alabama Police have arrested ... Jasmine Nicole McCurry, 19, a student at USA, was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail at 11:32 a.m. today and charged with first-degree hindering prosecution, jail records ...
17, May 2012 - Mobile police chief: No more arrests expected in Matthew Owens beating (video) - Everything Alabama
Owens’ sister, Ashley Parker, said she has no confidence in the Police ... If convicted of first-degree assault, he could face up to 20 years in prison.
17, May 2012 - Judge gives 4 years to Saraland woman who made meth in front of minor - Everything Alabama Blog
MOBILE, Alabama ... Lee Brown also smuggled drugs into Mobile County Metro Jail. The sentence that U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade imposed was 30 months less than the time Brown faced under advisory guidelines. Assistant U.S. Attorney ...
17, May 2012 - Feds won't seek criminal charges in Baldwin County courthouse wiretapping probe - Everything A
MOBILE, Alabama-- Federal prosecutors will not bring wiretapping charges against Baldwin County officials over surveillance cameras that recorded sound at the courthouse, U.S. Attorney Kenyen Brown announced today. County officials installed the ...
17, May 2012 - Daphne, AL Campers tried to stop intruders prior to Summer Moody shooting, attorney says - Everything Alabama
BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Men at a fish camp on Gravine Island shouted ... according to the lawyer, Tom Dassinger of Daphne. Dassinger represents Wayne Hearn, one of six people — three couples — who had gone to the remote island in the Mobile ...
17, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Attorney general talks immigration law, oil spill and bingo - Clanton Advertiser
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange addressed several high ... “It basically shut down the economy in Baldwin and Mobile counties, but it also affected everyone who lives on the key corridors in our state. Every part of the state, whether ...
17, May 2012 - Mobile, AL Judge threatens to bar testimony about Bayou La Batre mayor's manipulation of housing grants
MOBILE, Alabama – Attorneys are picking a jury today for next month’s Bayou La Batre corruption trial, but federal prosecutors may have to go to battle without some of their most salacious evidence against Mayor Stan Wright.
17, May 2012 - Feds investigate whether campers in Summer Moody shooting had legal right to guns - Everything Alab
MOBILE, Alabama — Federal investigators have started their own probe into a Baldwin County fish camp shooting that severely ... Hearn had been the subject of a fugitive warrant issued by Georgia in 2010 for a probation violation related ...
17, May 2012 - Texas women caught with 9 kilograms of cocaine in Mobile County get prison - Everything Alabama Blo
Smith initially told authorities that her name was Courtney Brass, and that is the name under which she was booked in to Mobile County Metro Jail. But the real Courtney Brass, Smith's daughter, later contacted the Sheriff's Office to report that ...
16, May 2012 - Judge sides with federal government in suit challenging drilling leases after Gulf oil spill
MOBILE, Alabama -- A judge today sided with the federal government in a lawsuit accusing regulators of short-cutting permitting rules to oil drillers in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
16, May 2012 - Jackson, AL Dollar store robbery suspect jailed in Mississippi - Everything Alabama Blog
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi-- Reginald Stevens, who was wanted in Mobile County after a dollar store was robbed Sunday, is in jail in Jackson County, Miss., awaiting extradition, Mobile County sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Myles said. Stevens ...
16, May 2012 - Opp, AL Judge gives probation to man who stole father's gun then sold it to felon - Everything Alabama
MOBILE, Alabama-- A man who stole a rifle from his father’s Covington County home and sold it to a ... that he was having money problems because of divorce and child support. "I wish I could take it all back," Evans told the judge.
15, May 2012 - Judge expresses concerns about letting jury hear evidence in Bayou La Batre criminal case
MOBILE, Alabama — A federal judge this afternoon expressed concerns about evidence prosecutors hope to use against Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright at a criminal trial next week but withheld ruling until she reviews written arguments from the lawyers.
15, May 2012 - Walker, AL Winn-Dixie robbery and shooting suspect denies firing any shots - Everything Alabama Blog
MOBILE, Alabama-- As he recovered in the hospital after being ... Crear, who is being held in Mobile County Metro Jail, used a walker with an elevated arm rest to slowly enter the courtroom, and he sat in a chair during the hearing.
15, May 2012 - Anniston, AL Inside the Statehouse: Roy Moore’s ‘rise from dead’ is easy to explain - Jacksonville News
On the morning of the March 13 Alabama GOP Primary, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy ... Mobile Circuit Judge and former Attorney General Charlie Graddick got 25 percent and incumbent Chuck Malone received 24 percent of the vote. Moore became known ...
14, May 2012 - Henry, AL Feds indict 19 in Foley drug investigation
FOLEY, Alabama -- More than 100 federal and local law enforcement officers launched searches of Mobile and Baldwin County homes early this morning looking for 19 suspects indicted after a year-long drug investigation, U.S. Attorney Kenyen Brown said today.
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