Former USACE Engineer Sentenced to Five Years for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
A former USACE Mobile District employee was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing more than 600 images of child sexual abuse material.
New U.S. Attorney Sean Costello Vows to Make South Alabama ‘Radioactive to Criminals’
Newly confirmed U.S. Attorney Sean Costello says he plans an aggressive approach to federal prosecutions across southwest Alabama's 13 counties.
Senate Confirms Sean Costello as U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Alabama
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Sean Costello as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, a position he has held since being appointed by the court in 2021.
Mobile Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Illegal Firearm Possession
Artez Martre Williams, 24, of Mobile was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Prichard Code Enforcement Officer on Gun Charge, Judge Orders Him Held Without Bond
A federal grand jury has indicted Prichard code enforcement officer Albert McCreary on a felon-in-possession firearm charge, and a judge ordered him held without bond ahead of a September trial.
Mobile murder case leads investigators to $1 million PPP fraud scheme
A Mobile murder investigation led federal agents to a Saraland woman's $1 million Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme, which prosecutors say funneled loans to convicted felons who submitted falsified financial…
Mobile Federal Court Sentences Man in Weapons Smuggling Case
A man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison in Mobile for his role in a scheme to smuggle military-grade weapons to a Mexican drug cartel.
Convicted Felon Draws 10-Year Federal Sentence Over Shotguns Tied to a Mobile Home Invasion
Larry Gene Broadnax, arrested after a 2013 Mobile County home invasion, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing shotguns as a convicted felon, with state charges still…
After Years of Reporting and Rewriting, Curran’s Siegelman Book Heads for Mobile Shelves
Mobile reporter Eddie Curran said his long-awaited book on covering Gov. Don Siegelman's administration is finished and will reach bookstores within weeks, with the first signings planned in Mobile and…
Son of the Late Lambert Mims Offers a Dissenting History of Mobile’s Corruption Years
In a lengthy letter, Dale Mims disputed a published account of Mobile's era of political indictments, arguing the prosecutions of the 1970s and 1980s were shaped by displaced money and…