The former Mobile circuit judge surrendered on charges of extortion, kidnapping and sexual abuse involving nine inmates, while his lawyer denounced the case outside the jail as a ‘high tech lynching.’
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Red Dresses, a Senator’s Breakfast and the Endless Question of Downtown Parking
A heart association fundraiser at the Battle House put local officials on a fashion runway, Alabama’s senior senator prepared to address a business forum, and downtown Mobile revisited its most persistent complaint.
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Ludgood Sworn In, Restoring Mobile County Commission to Full Strength
Merceria Ludgood took the oath as District 1 Mobile County commissioner, telling a Government Plaza crowd that anyone who thought she was too nice to fight for her district should not be fooled.
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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.
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Sheriff Sam Cochran Made a Crowded Metro Jail His First Order of Business
Mobile County’s sheriff told a civic club he had cut the jail population by hundreds, won a raise for corrections officers and put technology at the center of his department, saving taxpayers millions.
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How a Law About Judges Nearly Cut the Mobile County Sheriff’s Pay by $28,000
A 1999 law meant to equalize judicial pay between rural and urban counties had an unnoticed side effect: the sheriff’s salary was pegged to the judges’. Sam Cochran nearly took a $28,000 hit.
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Beyond the Obvious: Mobile Insiders Sort the Winners and Losers of the 2006 Election
Bob Riley won, Luther Strange and John Tyson lost. But when the sun came up Wednesday, Mobile-area political hands saw a more complicated ledger of winners and losers across Alabama.
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Where Mobile’s Candidates Planned to Watch the Returns on Election Night 2006
From Wintzell’s to a riverside restaurant on Dog River, Mobile-area candidates and their supporters made plans to gather across the region as voters prepared to decide their fates on Tuesday.
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Sheriff Nomination in Doubt Again as Judge Questions Davon Grey’s Filings
Probate Judge Don Davis cited attorney general’s opinions suggesting Davon Grey’s failure to meet campaign disclosure deadlines could disqualify him as the Democratic nominee for Mobile County sheriff.
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Sam Cochran to Take the Oath as Mobile County’s Interim Sheriff
Sam Cochran, the retired Mobile police chief and new Republican nominee for sheriff, was set to be sworn in Friday as interim Mobile County sheriff, taking over a department left unsettled by Jack Tillman’s departure.