CRIME & SAFETY
Suspect charged with capital murder in predawn killing of woman in Tuscaloosa
A suspect has been charged in a predawn shooting that left a woman dead in Tuscaloosa. Ladarious Jaquan Bullock, 25, is charged with capital murder. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Brunesha Renee McIntosh. Tuscaloosa police responded shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday to a report of a traffic crash...
U.S. Marshals in Idaho arrest Alabama fugitive after two years on the run
BOISE– Earlier this afternoon, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force and the Meridian Police Department arrested Kardell Vashae Doss, 30. He was located in the 400 block of E. Washington Ave. in Meridian. Doss was wanted by the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama for felony arrest warrants involving Robbery, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of Stolen Property.
State troopers identify man killed after police pursuit that began in Northport
State troopers on Wednesday identified the 19-year-old who died last month in a shooting by law enforcement after a traffic stop that began in Northport and resulted in a cross-county police pursuit. Gilmar Tista-Morente, of Nashville, was killed in the shooting, which occurred in Greene County on April 25, according...
Large fire at manufacturing facility in Brent leaves behind severe damage
BRENT, Ala. — Multiple first responder agencies were called to assist in a large industrial facility fire in Brent this morning. The Brent Volunteer Fire Department reported on social media firefighters were called to a fire at Sims Bark Company off Highway 5 at 4:30 a.m. Saturday. The Brent...
‘Honoring those who sacrificed so much’: Tuscaloosa remembers officers killed in the line of duty
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - The solemn sound of Taps interrupted the busy city sounds in Tuscaloosa Thursday morning as a group of grateful people stopped to remember law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. “We gather here today to demonstrate, to demonstrate what this city, this county, this...
Tuscaloosa man wanted in Trussville on identity theft charge
From Tribune staff reports JEFFERSON COUNTY–A Tuscaloosa man is wanted by the Trussville Police Department on a felony warrant charging him with identity theft, according to Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama. Arlo Townsend, 50, is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 260 lbs. He is bald and brown eyes. His last known address was […]
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