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Escaped Morgan Co. inmate recaptured, officials say
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - An escaped Morgan County inmate has been recaptured, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Officials said Thomas Davis was recaptured Friday in Decatur, Georgia after escaping on Wednesday from the North Alabama Correctional Facility in Decatur, Alabama. Davis was recaptured by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Search underway for escaped inmate from Morgan County
The Alabama Department of Corrections is seeking the public's help locating an escaped inmate. ADOC says 49-year-old inmate Thomas LaShawn Davis escaped from a facility in Decatur about 7 p.m. Wednesday. The Morgan County Sheriff's Office says he is a State prisoner who escaped from the ADOC Work Release facility on Highway 20.
Morgan County employees to take Calhoun harassment-prevention class
The Morgan County Commission will require all county employees to take a harassment prevention course provided by Calhoun Community College, but the chairman said the decision was not triggered by any incident and no complaints have been filed.
PPD: Two caught after chase that spanned two counties, multiple accidents
The Priceville Police Department (PPD) says two people were taken into custody Tuesday after a chase that spanned multiple jurisdictions and caused multiple accidents, including one involving a police officer.
Two Decatur men charged with drug trafficking in separate busts
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Two men in Decatur were charged with drug trafficking in two separate drug busts last week by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office and Decatur Police Department. According to WAFF’s news partners at Decatur Daily, Holden Tyler Blevins, 33, was charged with trafficking fentanyl and William...
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