Montgomery, Ala. – This week, four individuals were sentenced to federal prison for their part in a scheme to fraudulently enroll students in Alabama virtual schools, announced the …
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Major Car Company Used Child Labor In Alabama Factory: REPORT
Major Car Company Used Child Labor In Alabama Factory: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on July 22, 2022 SMART Alabama LLC, a subsidiary of Hyundai, has for several years used migrant …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Escaped Alabama Prisoner Indicted for Illegal Possession of Five Firearms in Evansville, Indiana
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressEVANSVILLE – A federal grand jury in Evansville returned an indictment today charging Casey White, 38, of Florence, Alabama, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and a …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Texas Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of an Alabama Child
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMontgomery, Alabama – On Wednesday, July 6, 2022, John David Twomey, a 24-year-old from Brownwood, Texas, was sentenced to 324 months in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, …
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Police Blotter
U.S. Marshals Service Task Force Arrest Alabama Manin Tennessee Wanted for Multiple Sex Crimes
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressJackson, TN – U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announced the capture of James Dwight Mitchell, 39, of Decatur, Ala. The U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) and …
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Third victim dies one day after shooting in Alabama church
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – A third person has died following a shooting during a potluck dinner at a church near Birmingham, Alabama, police said Friday. The Vestavia Hills Police Department did not …
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(Reuters) -Three people were shot, two fatally, inside a suburban Alabama church on Thursday evening, before a suspect was taken into custody, police said. The shooting happened at Saint Stephen’s …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Illegal Firearms Possession Leads to Federal Charges for North Alabama Men
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama announces the latest results of the continued collaborative work by federal, state, and local law enforcement …
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Alabama school resource officer kills man trying to enter school
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – A man who tried to break into an Alabama elementary school was shot and killed during a physical altercation with a school police officer, as communities across the …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Justice Department Files Proposed Settlement in Chambers County, Alabama School Desegregation Case
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressWASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, together with the Chambers County Board of Education and private plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, filed a proposed consent order …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Federal inmate and Alabama correctional officer sentenced for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into federal prison
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressATLANTA – Julius Stoudemire and Jennifer Deramus have each been sentenced after their convictions for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into United States Penitentiary Atlanta (“USP Atlanta”), a federal prison. “Introducing …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Alabama Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison for Enticing a Minor to Engage in Prostitution
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressTALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA –Jirard Quin Kincherlow, 40, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for coercing or enticing a minor to engage in prostitution. The sentence was …
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Alabama jail escapee taken into custody, alleged accomplice dies
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) -An escaped murder suspect and the female corrections officer who allegedly helped him break out of an Alabama jail were taken into custody on Monday in Indiana after a …
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Alabama ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth takes effect
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth went into effect on Sunday while a federal judge weighs whether to …
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Police Blotter
Day 8: Vehicle Discovered in Williamson, TNU.S. Marshals Follow Up on Lead in Hunt for Alabama Fugitives
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBirmingham, AL – U.S. Marshals investigators are in Williamson, Tennessee, today, following up on a tip after a car matching the one two fugitives from Alabama were reportedly using was …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
District Court Appoints Sandra J. Stewart to Remain as United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMontgomery, Alabama – The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama has appointed Sandra J. Stewart to continue serving as the United States Attorney for the …
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Warrant issued for Alabama corrections officer who vanished with jail escapee
by Reutersby ReutersBy Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Authorities searching for an escaped murder suspect in Alabama issued an arrest warrant on Monday for the female corrections officer who vanished with him from …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Former Alabama Correctional Sergeant Indicted for Assaulting Inmates and Falsifying a Report
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMontgomery, Alabama – The Justice Department today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama, returned a four-count indictment charging former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Sergeant …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Former Alabama Correctional Sergeant Sentenced for Assaulting Inmates
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMontgomery, Alabama – The Justice Department today announced that Ulysses Oliver Jr., 47, a former Alabama Department of Corrections Sergeant, was sentenced in federal court to 30 months of …
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Alabama governor signs law criminalizing some trans youth care
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – Alabama’s Republican governor on Friday signed into law a bill passed by the legislature just a day earlier that would criminalize gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth. The measure …
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Alabama Passes Bill Baning Child Sex Change Treatments, Jailing Doctors Who Transition Kids
Alabama Passes Bill Baning Child Sex Change Treatments, Jailing Doctors Who Transition Kids Laurel Duggan on April 8, 2022 The Alabama legislature passed a bill Thursday criminalizing sex change treatments …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Alabama Man Facing Federal Charges Resulting From Violent Crime Spree In Tennessee
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNASHVILLE – A Huntsville, Alabama man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, following a violent carjacking and robbery spree last summer, announced U.S. Attorney Mark …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Falkville Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Firearms Offenses in District of Columbia and Alabama
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lonnie Leroy Coffman, 72, of Falkville, Alabama, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to 46 months in prison after pleading …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Alabama Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Firearms Offenses in District of Columbia and Alabama
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressWASHINGTON – Lonnie Leroy Coffman, 72, of Falkville, Alabama, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal and local …
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NEW ORLEANS, La. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with Carnival Cruise Line, expanded the use of facial biometrics into the debarkation process at the Port of Mobile, …