From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are investigating the city’s 16th murder of the year. Police Chief Kenta Fulford says 48 year old Roderick Moore of Selma — was stabbed to death over the weekend. Fulford says officers were called out to Vaughan Regional Medical Center at around 9 Friday night — after man who had been stabbed in…
Jeremy Jarrod James At 10:35 am on May 13, the Troy Police Department responded to a welfare concern in the 100 block of Glenwood Avenue. When officers arrived, they entered the residence and found the resident deceased inside her home. The resident has been identified as 29-year-old Whitney Blair Sanders of Troy. Ms. Sanders’ body was taken to the Alabama…
Alabama Department of Corrections officials report a stabbing of a corrections officer today at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. The stabbing happened at approximately 12:00 a.m. Wednesday while the officer was conducting a search of the inmate’s cell. Prison officials report the officer found contraband inside the cell and when questioned, the inmate assaulted the officer with…
Corrections officials say another officer has been assaulted at a troubled prison in south Alabama. A statement from the department says a lieutenant at Holman prison in Atmore was trying to control an inmate when the man assaulted the officer with a makeshift weapon on Thursday. The officer was treated for a minor cut above one of his eyes, and…
A memorial service is being held for an Alabama corrections officer who died after being stabbed by an inmate. Gov. Robert Bentley will speak at the Wednesday memorial service in Anniston honoring corrections officer Kenneth Bettis. Bettis’ name is being added to the Alabama Law Enforcement Memorial wall in Anniston. Bettis died Sept. 16 after succumbing to injuries from a…
