CRIME & SAFETY

Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that left a man injured. Capt. Jarrett Williams told WAKA 8 that officers were called to a hospital at about 1:15 this morning where the victim was being treated. It’s believed his wounds are non-life threatening. The shooting happened in the 1800 block...

Montgomery Police have charged 28-year-old Juqwarn Hartwell with murder. Officials report Hartwell was identified as the suspect in the May 29, 2023 shooting death of 22-year-old Rondarius McQueen. Hartwell was arrested on Thursday and placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility under no bond. Melanie began her career as a...

Prattville police need your help finding a woman suspected of shoplifting from Office Depot. Police say the theft happened Sunday, May 28. Investigators say the women put a printer and document scanner in her shopping cart and left without paying. The items were valued at $689.98. Police say the woman...

Montgomery police have made an arrest in a homicide from last month. Police say they’ve charged 28-year-old Juqwarn Hartwell of Montgomery with murder. He is charged with killing 22-year-old Rondarius McQueen of Montgomery. As WAKA 8 has reported, at about 3:15 on the morning of May 29, police and...

PRATTVILLE – There’s an Alabama driver’s license renewal scam going around that could cost folks 100 bucks. And their license won’t be renewed either. Autauga County Probate Judge Kim Kervin started noticing it about three weeks ago. People were coming into the office to see why the driver’s license that they renewed online hadn’t been delivered. Licenses can be renewed in person at probate offices in each of the state’s 67 counties. They can also be renewed online at the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s website.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Montgomery Police Department has charged Juqwarn Hartwell, 28, of Montgomery with murder. Hartwell was identified as the suspect in the Monday shooting death of Rondarius McQueen, 22, of Montgomery. He was taken into custody on Thursday. Hartwell is being held at the Montgomery County Detention...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A young man in the Montgomery County Detention Facility is accused of attacking a correctional officer. Court filings state the incident happened Monday morning at 1000 Industrial School Road. While not specified, this is the address of the Alabama Department of Youth Services’ Mt. Meigs campus.

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Alabama lawmakers pass bill to cut state's grocery tax to 2% by Sept. 2024. State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that will reduce the sales tax Alabamians pay on groceries. Updated: 2 hours ago. Officials said there were no reports of injuries to civilians or firefighters. Fundraiser being...

A prayer vigil will be held Monday for five Montgomery firefighters injured while battling a blaze two weeks ago, including two who were critically injured. On Sunday, May 14, Montgomery Fire and Rescue responded to a fire in the 3400 block of Gilmer Avenue. They arrived to find a single-story home in flames.

Authorities are offering a reward for information in a Montgomery shooting that left one man dead, and three other people injured. The shooting happened at 12:02 a.m. on Sunday, May 14, in the 5500 block of Atlanta Highway. Montgomery police responding to a call of shots fired found 28-year-old Jarquis...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery Police were involved in a chase Wednesday that ended in a single-vehicle crash. According to MPD, at about 11:50 a.m., MPD SWAT attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a suspect vehicle in the area of Upper Wetumpka Road and McCarter Avenue. The vehicle refused...

The Montgomery Police Department notified Central Alabama CrimeStoppers and advised a suspect has been identified and arrested in a July homicide investigation. Following the senseless, July 12, 2022, fatal shooting of David Werking Jr., the Montgomery Police Department requested assistance from CrimeStoppers and was seeking information from the public in the ongoing homicide investigation.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery firefighters battled three house fires Wednesday night into Thursday morning. These fires come after Montgomery Fire Rescue battled 5 house fires over 4 days this week. According to MFR, two of the fires took place Wednesday night. The first occurred just after 7 p.m. on...

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is being assisted by the Prattville and Millbrook police departments in searching for a suspect who ran Thursday morning. “A trooper with the ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division attempted to stop a 1989 Chevrolet C2500 for a traffic violation,” ALEA said in a release. “A passenger in the vehicle fled into the woods, which resulted in a foot pursuit and subsequent search of the area.”

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (WSFA) - A 16-year-old was arrested early Thursday morning on multiple charges after a traffic stop, and investigators are still searching for the passenger who fled on foot. According to ALEA, around 7:26 a.m. near Interstate 65 and Cobbs Ford Road in Prattville, a Trooper attempted to stop...

WAKA 8 and Central Alabama CrimeStoppers are partnering to help solve cold cases in our area. This week, our i-Team brings you the unsolved murder of Keshon Gardner. Gardner was shot and killed in broad daylight on Sunday, June 28, 2020, on Oakleigh Road in Montgomery’s Regency Park community.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A seriously injured Montgomery firefighter returned home to Montgomery Wednesday afternoon after weeks in intensive care at a Birmingham hospital. Around 3:15 p.m., Capt. Donald L. Crenshaw Jr.’s flight from Birmingham to Montgomery landed at Montgomery Aviation Airport where Crenshaw was greeted with applause. The firefighter waved with bandaged hands and had a big smile on his face as his stretcher was loaded into the back of an ambulance. He is being transported home by Rescue 94 with units from his station there to welcome him home.

PRATTVILLE – Law enforcement officers are looking for a passenger who they say ran after a traffic stop Thursday morning in east Prattville. At about 7:30 a.m., an Alabama state trooper attempted to pull over a 1989 Chevrolet pickup, said Sgt. Jeremy Burkett, a spokesman for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The passenger bolted from the truck and ran into nearby woods, which resulted in a foot pursuit and search of the area.

MONTGOMERY POST – On Thursday, June 1, at approximately 7:26 a.m. a Trooper with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division attempted to stop a 1989 Chevrolet C2500 for a traffic violation. A passenger in the vehicle fled into the woods, which resulted in a foot pursuit and subsequent search of the area. The driver, a 16-year-old juvenile, was arrested and charged with Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree and Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess Firearm, Minor in Possession of a Pistol. Law enforcement will continue to search and monitor the area for the passenger, who was not captured. The incident occurred near Interstate 65 at Cobbs Ford Road in Prattville, within Elmore County.