CRIME & SAFETY

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - A home on Meadow Ridge Drive in Tuscaloosa caught on fire Monday morning. Martin Hasse lived next door to the home and was waken up by a neighbor and the fire department. “Suddenly there was a lot of banging on my bedroom windows,” he said.

Two vehicles were damaged and one person suffered minor injuries when a tree fell across a roadway in Tuscaloosa Monday morning. Holly Whigham, a spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue Service, said a large tree fell across Veterans Memorial Parkway early Monday morning and struck two vehicles on its way down.

Tuscaloosa figures prominently in a recently-released Netflix documentary about women who report sexual assault, only to find themselves depicted as criminals by police and media. The documentary, “Victim/Suspect,” follows journalist Rachel de Leon of the Center for Investigative Reporting. De Leon spends several years exploring cases in which women who...

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Two people are now in custody after dozens of cars were broken in to at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa. Investigators say most of the items stolen were firearms, and that’s why authorities say it was crucial to find the suspects. Authorities say the...

A former Tuscaloosa County License Commissioner has pleaded guilty to several felony crimes, including using her public office for personal gain. Lynne Campbell Robbins, 57, pleaded guilty to using her public employment for personal gain, a Class B felony, first-degree theft, a Class B felony, and computer tampering for the purpose of committing unlawful act or to defraud, a Class B felony.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing Duncanville teenager who was last seen Tuesday night. In a post on Facebook Friday afternoon, TCSO said 15-year-old Kamryn Hope Free was last seen on Indian Creek Cutoff Road in Duncanville Tuesday night around 8:30 p.m.

A student manager for the Alabama basketball team admitted his presence in Brandon Miller's car at the time of the deadly Jamea Harris shooting in January.

Police are investigating the second shooting on one street in Tuscaloosa in less than a week. Stephanie Taylor, a spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa Police Department, said officers responded just after 5 p.m. Tuesday after a caller reported someone was firing shots from a vehicle on Greensboro Avenue. They discovered a...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - A Sunday night shooting at a motorcycle club in Tuscaloosa has one man facing assault charges. Crosby Daughtry was taken into custody after a shooting left the victim with non-life-threatening injuries. The shooting took place at 11 p.m. on Sunday at Wheels and Spokes Motorcycle Club...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuscaloosa Police Department arrested a man in connection to a shooting at a local motorcycle club late Sunday night. According to public information officer Stephanie Taylor, Crosby Daughtry, 26, was charged with first-degree assault in a shooting at Wheels and Spokes that injured a 53-year-old man. Eyewitnesses say around 11 p.m. a fight […]

Investigators have arrested a Duncanville man awaiting trial on attempted murder charges after he allegedly shot another man as he drove down a street in Tuscaloosa early Thursday morning. According to court documents filed Friday, dispatchers received a call just after 2 a.m. from a man in his 30s who...

Two mobile homes in Cottondale were devastated by a fire Friday evening, but fortunately, no one was hurt. The Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue Service shared news and photos of the fire on Facebook Friday night. According to their post, they were called to reports of a structure fire around 7 p.m....

NORTHPORT, Ala. (WIAT) — Hundreds are expected to head to the water for the Memorial Day holiday weekend on Lake Tuscaloosa. ALEA Troopers and Tuscaloosa Police lake patrol officers will be keeping an eye on boaters to make sure everyone is safe. Officer Wes Hollingsworth with TPD lake patrol says he will be making sure boaters […]

In a case that has taken nearly a decade to come to a close, Tuscaloosa native and University of Alabama alumnus Justin Ross Harris learned this week from the Cobb County, Georgia, District Attorney that he will not be retried for the 2014 death of his toddler, Cooper. “Crucial motive...

Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles was denied bond in regards to the death of a 23-year-old mother.