Fewer than half of the 247 sexual assault kits held by the Prichard Police Department have been processed. The FBI has now taken custody of the remaining evidence and is expediting testing.
Tag: criminal justice
Coverage of criminal justice from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Clarke County
Judge Keeps Attempted Murder Arraignment on Schedule for Monroeville Teen
A Clarke County circuit judge denied a defense request to postpone the arraignment of a 17-year-old Monroeville resident indicted on attempted murder, first-degree robbery and drug distribution charges.
Local News
After 15 Years on Death Row, Capital Murder Case Against Former Trooper George Martin Dismissed
A Mobile County judge threw out the capital murder case against former state trooper George Martin, who spent 15 years on death row, citing willful prosecutor misconduct in the 1995 death of his wife.
Local News
Convicted Killer Silent at Sentencing in Kyser Miree Home Invasion Case
Michael Lee, convicted in the home invasion and murder of Kyser Miree, drew criticism for staying silent at his sentencing. His attorney said the silence was on advice of counsel amid a planned appeal.
Local News
Mobile County Metro Jail Hits Record 1,806 Inmates in Sweltering Summer
Warden Trey Oliver said the Mobile County Metro Jail set an all-time population record of 1,806 inmates, far above its designed capacity, as summer heat and rising numbers strained the facility.
Baldwin County
Nodine Asks to Move Murder Retrial, Citing Saturation of Publicity
Former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine asked that his murder retrial be moved out of Baldwin County, arguing that intense publicity had inflamed opinion against him and made an impartial jury impossible.
Baldwin County
Parole Denied for Serial Rapist Known as the Bay Minette Rapist
The Baldwin County District Attorney office fought and won the denial of parole for Anthony Terrell McCants, the serial rapist who terrorized Bay Minette in the early 1990s and is serving multiple life sentences.
Baldwin County
Bay Minette Man Convicted of Making Meth Faces Life as Habitual Offender
A Bay Minette man with a long criminal record was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine and, as a habitual offender, faced a minimum of life in prison, Baldwin County prosecutors said.
Baldwin County
Baldwin Jury Convicts David Coombs of Capital Murder
After a nearly three-week trial in Bay Minette, a Baldwin County jury deliberated just 75 minutes before convicting David Coombs of capital murder in the 2009 robbery and shooting of a Pensacola gold dealer.
Baldwin County
Nodine Defense Points to Drug Theft in Baldwin Coroner’s Office
An attorney for Stephen Nodine demanded scrutiny of a theft of evidence drugs from the Baldwin County coroner’s office, seeking to link it to the medications of Angel Downs as a retrial loomed.