Mobile police began enforcing the nighttime portion of the city’s new juvenile curfew for teens 17 and younger, a measure Mayor Sam Jones framed as a push for parental accountability rather than arrests.
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Coverage of public safety from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Bay Minette Man Convicted of Making Meth Faces Life as Habitual Offender
A Bay Minette man with a long criminal record was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine and, as a habitual offender, faced a minimum of life in prison, Baldwin County prosecutors said.
Mobile
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Mobile Begins Enforcing Its New Nighttime Youth Curfew
Mobile police began enforcing the nighttime portion of the city’s new juvenile curfew, targeting teens 17 and younger, as officials rolled out an assessment center and a broad public awareness campaign.
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Mobile Council Members Press Mayor With Questions on Youth Curfew
Three Mobile city councilors met with Mayor Sam Jones over his crime package and delivered a long list of pointed questions about the proposed youth curfew and a saggy-pants ordinance.
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Study Ranks Alabama Counties, and Flags Mobile’s Juvenile Arrests
An 80-page Alabama State University study ranked all 67 counties on economy, health care, public safety and education, listing Mobile County with the state’s highest number of juvenile arrests.
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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.
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Connie Hudson to Announce Bid for Mobile County Commission District 2
Mobile City Councilwoman Connie Hudson prepared to formally launch her campaign for the vacant District 2 seat on the Mobile County Commission, joining a Republican field forming quickly ahead of the July 13 special election.
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After the Sales Tax Vote, a Mobile Citizen Presses the City Council on Discipline
A Mobile resident wrote the City Council after its vote to raise the sales tax for 16 months, urging members to demand austerity, transparency and hard metrics from the Jones administration.
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Thieves Are Stealing Mobile’s Manhole Covers, and the Charge Is Only a Misdemeanor
City officials reported a rash of stolen manhole covers and storm drainage grates being sold for scrap, leaving open holes in the roadway and few strong charges available to prosecutors.
Baldwin County
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White Powder Closes Bonner’s Mobile and Foley Offices as Labs Test the Substance
The Mobile and Foley district offices of U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner were closed and checked for contamination after employees opened envelopes containing baggies of white powder.