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Mobile Server room representing an online public records system

Mobile County Sheriff’s Booking Page Returns to Full Speed After a Data-Scraping Bot Bogged It Down

James Bullard, July 15, 2014

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office restored its 24-hour booking page after a third-party site’s automated code repeatedly hammered the system, slowing access to public mugshot records.

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Mislabeled Mobile Mug Shot Spreads Online, but Jail Records Tell a Different Story

James Bullard, June 25, 2014

A Mobile County Metro Jail booking photo circulated on Facebook this week with a false claim that the man was charged with practicing optometry without a license. Records showed a different charge entirely.

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Local News A judge's gavel resting beside stacked legal documents in a courtroom

Mobile County Judges Say They Have No Power to Erase an Arrest Record

James Bullard, March 7, 2005

A standing order from Mobile County District Court, reported in March 2005, declared the court had no authority to expunge arrest records and sent petitioners to the Legislature instead.

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