A SWAT team was called to Maison DeVille Apartments on Berwyn Drive South after Mobile police say an armed man refused to let his son leave the home. Officials said the man was experiencing a mental episode.
Tag: Mobile County District Court
Crime
Mobile Man Granted Bail in Manslaughter Case After Girlfriend Killed in Gun Mishap
A Mobile man is out on bail facing manslaughter charges after his mother says a gun mishap on a trampoline led to his girlfriend’s death.
Mobile County
Driver in Fatal Mount Vernon Pedestrian Crash Ordered Into Treatment Program
A Grove Hill man accused of striking two pedestrians on Highway 43 near Mount Vernon, killing one, must complete drug treatment before driving again.
Baldwin County
Bradley Byrne Set to Enter First District Race as Congressional Field Forms
Bradley Byrne scheduled a big announcement widely expected to launch his bid for the First District congressional seat, as the port earned a credit upgrade and a Baldwin sheriff’s race took shape.
Local News
Three Finalists Named for Mobile Judgeship as Port Authority Taps New Trade Chief
A Mobile judicial committee narrowed its field to three finalists as the Alabama State Port Authority named Frank Fogarty its new vice president for trade and development.
Local News
Twenty-Five Attorneys Seek Mobile Judgeship as a Notable Candidate Enters Council Race
Twenty-five Mobile attorneys applied for a district judgeship, while a City Council hopeful became what he called the first openly autistic candidate in Alabama history.
Baldwin County
Mobile Judgeship Opens as the City’s 2013 Political Season Heats Up
The retirement of District Judge Charles McKnight set off a scramble for a Mobile County District Court seat as the city’s mayoral race and council contests came into focus.
Mobile
Mobile Judge Says the ‘Revolving Jailhouse Door’ Is No Simple Matter
Mobile County District Judge Michael E. McMaken pushed back on criticism of a ‘revolving jailhouse door,’ arguing that preset bonds, jail overcrowding and shrinking court budgets were bound together in ways the public rarely saw.
Local News
A Senator for the Defense: Richard Shelby Gets Appointed to a Mobile Drug Case
A clerical mix-up in Mobile County District Court assigned U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby to represent an indigent defendant. The senator called the judge himself to sort it out.
Local News
Mobile County Judges Say They Have No Power to Erase an Arrest Record
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.