Mobile and Baldwin County News
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Cornell Bodiford Jr., 39, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the armed robbery of a Magnolia Springs convenience store, after DNA on discarded gloves linked him to the…
Jefferson County Sheriff candidate Jacob "JJ" Reach says law enforcement should need a search warrant to access Flock license plate reader data, comparing it to obtaining cellphone location records.
The Baldwin County Forensics Foundation will host a fundraiser Aug. 22 at Waters Barn in Robertsdale to support forensic training, equipment and education for local agencies.
Mobile County DA Keith Blackwood withdrew a 2023 murder case before trial, saying suppression of license plate reader evidence would have been fatal to the prosecution.
A Mobile County murder case against Haratio Stewart was dismissed this week at prosecutors' request, and a judge will now decide whether double jeopardy bars the charge from being reinstated.
The Mobile County DA's Restitution Recovery Team, known as DART, works to collect restitution, court costs and fines owed by convicted offenders, including payments owed directly to crime victims.
A newly published book, “Life Without Jurisdiction,” is drawing fresh attention to the 2005 conviction of Murray “Bubba” Lawrence Jr. in a 2003 Baldwin County murder, raising questions about the…
A Mobile judge has ruled there's enough evidence to send a murder case to a grand jury against John Howell, accused in the April shooting death of 51-year-old Jacob Griffith…
Isabelle Johnson, charged with first-degree murder in Jason Coulthart's death, made her first court appearance after evading arrest for 45 days.
Juan Colon, 36, faces armed robbery charges after allegedly stealing jewelry from CSL Plasma Center employees in Escambia County. He remains jailed without bond.