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CRIME & SAFETY
Plane crashes near Craig Motel
Updated 11:35 p.m. May 18 A man has been injured after his private plane crashed about two miles south of Selma several hundred yards off U.S. 80. The crash occurred just southwest of the Craig Motel, which is located about 2-3 miles east of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Emergency workers had to reach the site […] The post Plane crashes near Craig Motel appeared first on The Selma Times‑Journal.
Selma woman charged with murder in May 3 shooting turns herself in
The Selma Police Department reported that Taylor Thomas, who was wanted on charges of murdering a man in a shooting on May 3, has turned herself in. Thomas, 29, was been charged with murder and assault in the first degree for a shooting in the 100 Block of Alabama Avenue where a man and woman were shot. She fled after the altercation.
Fraudulent bank transactions in Tennessee may be linked to Alabama
Shocking new video out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, shows the moment two different men withdrew thousands of dollars from bank accounts that weren't theirs. The latest incident happened at the Redstone Financial Credit Union (RFCU) on Medical Center Parkway on April 18. An unidentified man showed the teller a fake driver’s license with his photo, but the name, address, and date of birth of the account holder.
Multi-state teen ‘swatting’ ring accused of making fake Alabama arson and hostage threats
A group of teens are charged federally for “swatting” incidents in states throughout the U.S. including two in Alabama, one threatening to burn down a mobile park and another reporting he had shot a female and was holding a hostage. Owen Jarboe, 18, of Maryland, Evan Strauss, 26,...
Incident ALGOP claimed as political violence was merely road rage, police say
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Alabama Republican Party claimed Monday that a volunteer for former President Donald Trump was assaulted after leaving a local Trump headquarters in an “apparent politically motivated attack.”. But Athens Police Capt. Anthony Presnell released a statement Tuesday that said the incident in...
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