The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has announced the funeral procession route for former Sheriff Sam Cochran, who served 47 years in law enforcement. Drivers along Hillcrest Road should expect delays Thursday afternoon.
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Coverage of law enforcement from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mobile
Sheriff’s Office Seeks $778,000 Federal Grant to Prepare for a Permanent Prichard Police Takeover
Mobile County officials are pursuing a Department of Justice hiring grant that would fund four new deputies if Prichard disbands its police department and hands law enforcement duties to the Sheriff’s Office permanently.
Mobile County
FBI Takes Custody of 148 Untested Sexual Assault Kits From Prichard Police
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.
Baldwin County
Gulf Shores Hotel Disturbance Leads to Three Felony Sex Abuse Charges Against Millbrook Man
Gulf Shores police responding to a 1:30 a.m. disturbance at a hotel on Gulf Shores Parkway arrested a 37-year-old man on three counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The investigation remains active.
Local News
Graddick Names Thomas Stiles to Lead Mobile County’s Court Police
Presiding Mobile County Circuit Judge Charlie Graddick tapped court police lieutenant Thomas L. Stiles to become the next chief of the 13th Judicial Police Department, succeeding the retiring Bob Patterson.
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.
Local News
Sheriff Sam Cochran Calls New Meth Law a Win for Drugmakers, Not Law Enforcement
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran welcomed pieces of Alabama’s new anti-meth legislation but blasted it as a tactical retreat by drugmakers who keep pseudoephedrine on store shelves.
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
Baldwin DA Presses for Fixes After Courthouse Cameras Found Recording Audio
Baldwin County District Attorney Hallie Dixon called for modifications to courthouse surveillance equipment after learning that certain cameras were recording audio, a capability she said raised legal problems.
Baldwin County
Foley Man Convicted of Stealing Crab Traps From Baldwin Fishermen
A Foley man faced up to 10 years in prison after a Baldwin County jury convicted him of stealing crab traps from commercial fishermen, a case prosecutors said struck at the livelihood of coastal families.