Alabama auditors cite chaotic evidence room, missing guns in Brookside
“Nineteen firearms listed on the Police Department’s evidence log were not found during the inventory,” April 15,2022Alabama auditors today issued a scathing report on the town of Brookside, detailing haphazard treatment of evidence, missing...
WVTM 13 Investigates: Work to erase huge rape kit backlog continues in Jefferson County
Nearly 4,000 rape kits went untested for decades February 7, 2022BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —A special team of investigators, prosecutors and advocates are helping eliminate a large rape kit backlog in Jefferson County. So far, more than a third of the untested sexual assault...
Arrest made in 1999 Coosa County cold-case double homicide
The investigation has been open for over two decades Enter Article DATE HERECOOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Coosa County Sheriff Michael Howell announced an arrest has been made in a 21-year-old cold case. 42-year-old Joe Daniel Stallions was arrested Wednesday and...
Wetumpka Police Officer Faces Felony Theft Charges for Items Stolen from Station Evidence Room
The State Bureau of Investigations is investigating the case. November 20, 2019Former Wetumpka police officer, Sean Blackburn, faces felony charges. Blackburn has been charged with with 2 counts of second degree theft.Elmore County District Attorney, Randall Houston,...
