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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Prichard
Search for a Missing 8-Year-Old Prichard Girl Paused Overnight, Set to Resume at Dawn
The search for 8-year-old Hiawayi Robinson, missing from a Prichard apartment complex since Tuesday, was suspended for the evening in September 2014 and set to resume Thursday morning.
Mobile
Mobile Police Tie Two Teens to Robbery Ring Targeting Waffle House Locations
Mobile police said two teenagers arrested after a chase and crash were part of a larger armed robbery ring that had targeted at least six Waffle House restaurants across the city since March.
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
Judge Defers Ruling on Nodine Bond as Federal Gun Charge Takes Priority
A Baldwin County judge put off a decision on reducing Stephen Nodine’s $500,000 murder bond, ruling that the question would wait until federal authorities held a detention hearing on a separate firearms charge.
Local News
Sheriff Cochran Stays Neutral in Governor’s Race as Endorsements Shift Around Him
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran flirted with backing Tim James for governor but stayed publicly uncommitted. Former Sheriff Jack Tillman is in the James camp.
Local News
Sheriff Hands Off the Nodine Inquiry, and the Rumor Mill Goes to Work
Sheriff Sam Cochran turned an investigation involving County Commissioner Stephen Nodine over to state agents after a substance was found in his county truck. Nodine’s lawyer called it a set-up or a prank.
Local News
Talk Around Mobile County: Is Prichard Nearing the End as a City?
Political and governmental circles in Mobile County were openly discussing the possibility that Prichard might dissolve as a municipality, and what that would mean for policing.
Local News
Mobile County Lands $450,000 Federal Grant to Fight Methamphetamine
The U.S. Justice Department awarded the Mobile County Commission $450,000 through the COPS meth program, money Sheriff Sam Cochran said would fund an awareness campaign, data analysis and enforcement over two years.
Local News
Jack Tillman Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider, Says Sheriff’s Lawyer Broke Faith
Attorneys for former Mobile County Sheriff Jack Tillman asked the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to rehear his bid to undo the misdemeanor convictions that ended his career, arguing his own lawyer testified against him.