CRIME & SAFETY
Hoover woman arrested for filing false police report
HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - The Hoover Police Department has arrested a woman they say filed a false report that her nephew fired a weapon at her. Police say they received a call from 51-year-old Joni V. Langford Green who was in the 400 block of Crowne Woods Drive the evening of Wednesday, May 1 saying her nephew, a Birmingham Police officer, shot at her during an altercation that had occurred inside the home just before she called 911.
One killed, another injured in crash on I-65 in Chilton County
CHILTON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — A Pell City man is dead, and a second person is injured after a single-vehicle crash in Chilton County early Friday morning. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) said 36-year-old Justin D. Washington was fatally injured when a 2022 GMC Savana van he was a passenger in left the roadway, struck a cable barrier and overturned.
Police chase from Vestavia Hills to Leeds ends in crash, suspect in custody
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WBRC) - A police chase from Vestavia Hills to Leeds ended in a crash and the suspect in custody late Thursday night. Vestavia Hills Police say the chase began Thursday, May 2 at 11:52 p.m. after officers attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on Interstate 459 at Liberty Parkway.
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