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Local News Boxes of cold medicine on a pharmacy shelf

Sheriff Sam Cochran Calls New Meth Law a Win for Drugmakers, Not Law Enforcement

James Bullard, May 30, 2012

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.

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Local News Stone courthouse steps and columns representing an Alabama appellate case

Jack Tillman Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider, Says Sheriff’s Lawyer Broke Faith

James Bullard, July 29, 2007

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.

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Local News A wooden gavel resting beside law books

Appeals Court Declines to Rehear Former Sheriff Jack Tillman’s Case

James Bullard, May 22, 2007

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals turned down a rehearing petition from the former Mobile County sheriff, whose lawyers argued his rights were violated when his own former attorney testified to a grand jury.

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Local News A sheriff's badge symbolizing the Mobile County interim appointment

Sam Cochran to Take the Oath as Mobile County’s Interim Sheriff

James Bullard, June 13, 2006

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.

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