Prichard Crime Sweep Nets Dozens of Arrests With Help From U.S. Marshals
State troopers, U.S. Marshals and Mobile County deputies teamed up for a two-day sweep in Prichard that led to 36 arrests on outstanding warrants.
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State troopers, U.S. Marshals and Mobile County deputies teamed up for a two-day sweep in Prichard that led to 36 arrests on outstanding warrants.
A Mobile man was arrested in June 2015 on assault charges after a January head-on crash on Newman Road left three people injured.
Local cases show how Alabama's civil asset forfeiture laws let Mobile County and Prichard police seize cash and vehicles without criminal charges.
Bayou La Batre Mayor Brett Dungan is appealing a harassment conviction tied to a confrontation with a city councilwoman at a council meeting.
Mobile police are searching for a man accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a woman at knifepoint inside a hotel off Interstate 65 in Mobile.
Mobile County spent more than $79 million on wages and benefits for 1,764 employees in 2014, with the sheriff's office driving much of the overtime total.
Payroll records show Mobile County's highest overtime earners, mostly sheriff's deputies and jail staff, collected close to half a million dollars combined.
Mobile County's engineer topped the county payroll last year, followed closely by the probate judge, county administrator and sheriff, records show.
A federal judge cleared most corruption charges against Mobile County License Commissioner Kim Hastie for the jury as her 2015 trial neared its end.
An improperly posted notice forced the Bayou La Batre City Council to delay its regular meeting amid ongoing tension with the mayor's office.