CRIME & SAFETY
Millbrook makes multiple arrests for auto theft
Three teenagers have already been arrested for first-degree theft and more arrests are expected in Millbrook. A vehicle was involved in an automobile crash before it was reported stolen from a Millbrook business on Main Street. Millbrook police chief P.K. Johnson said the owner of the car reported the car as stolen on April 9.
Amber Alert for Alabama teenager, 5-year-old child canceled
UPDATE: An Amber Alert issued for Janayizha Gunn and Kaiden Perryman was canceled Tuesday night by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. No additional details have been released to the media at this time. Original: Police searching for teenager who allegedly kidnapped 5-year-old child in Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Police are searching for a 5-year-old […]
Montgomery Police Chief Darryl Albert resigns
Montgomery Police Chief Darryl Albert has resigned from his position, the city announced Thursday. Mayor Steven Reed accepted Albert's resignation, said Adam Muhlendorf, a city spokesman. Deputy Chief John Hall will continue to serve as acting chief. "Improving public safety is a priority for our city," Reed said in a statement. "We...
Elmore County Sheriff's Office looking for missing Wetumpka man
FRIDAY: 9 a.m. UPDATE: Found Safe. The Elmore County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who may be suffering from an altered mental status, impairing his judgment. Isaiah Lamar McMullin, 23, was last seen about 10:30 p.m. Monday getting into a silver sedan near a home Summer Chase Trailer Park off U.S. Highway 231 just north of Wetumpka. Video captured McMullin getting into the car.
Montgomery death investigation opened after man found unresponsive
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Montgomery Police Department has opened a death investigation after a body was found Thursday morning. Police and fire medics responded to the 3400 block of Lower Wetumpka Road just before 6:30 a.m. on reports that a man was unresponsive. The unnamed man was pronounced dead, though his cause of death was not clear.
A string of violence prompts community outrage in Montgomery
At about 1:12 p.m. Friday, Frieda Owens received a call from her daughter Amy Dicks, 43. Dicks had been shot. A bullet entered her left shoulder, pierced her lung and lodged in her spine. “Momma, momma, I’ve been shot," Owens recounted Dicks saying. "I’m going to die. Momma, momma, I’ve...
Shooting survivor joins calls to stop the violence in Montgomery
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Montgomery shooting survivor is joining calls to stop the violence. Victoria Floyd hopes her story brings awareness to how gun violence impacts innocent people in the city. Floyd’s life changed in December of 2020. While out celebrating Christmas, she was shot. She says she was...
Man seriously injured in Montgomery shooting
A man has suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound after being shot in Montgomery. Montgomery Police Maj. Saba Coleman told Action 8 News that the shooting happened at about 3:30PM yesterday in the 8400 block of Legends Drive. That is in an apartment complex off of Taylor Road near Troy Highway.
I-85 clear after overturned 18-wheeler crash removed in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA)- Interstate 85 has fully reopened in Montgomery County 12 hours after a commercial vehicle overturned in the northbound lanes, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The single-vehicle crash happened around 10:40 p.m. Thursday near mile marker 15. That’s about a mile from the Waugh exit. The...
Event to go on after fire destroys $700,000 of equipment on fair grounds
Montgomery celebrated its 70th fair last year. A few months later, a fire ravaged the organization's storage barn, destroying about $700,000 of equipment. The March 16 electrical fire demolished “just about anything that can make this fair run," said Doug Singleton, the president of the Alabama National Fair. The...
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