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Criminal defense attorneys historically accustomed to dealing with clients charged with illegal possession of oxycodone, Xanax, methadone, and dihydrocodeine will soon become familiar with the a recently approved pain medication called Zohydro.
Aronde Samuels, 22, has been arrested by Birmingham police and becomes the second suspect taken into custody in connection to a June homicide incident that took place in the 1800 Block of 3rd Place Southwest. Samuels was finally located after a witness came forward and identified him in conjunction with the murder of 53-year-old Arthur Mills.
Derrick Biggs, the mayor of Forkland, Alabama, has surrendered to Greene County authorities and will now face charges of first-degree theft and tampering with government records. Biggs had been sought by police since it was discovered that more than $6,000 was missing from the Forkland’s water department.
A vehicle collision early on the morning of July 13th led to the arrest of a defensive lineman on the University of Alabama football team. Police witnessed Jarran Kentel Reed, 21, backing his 2011 White Dodge Charger into another car at the City Fest Parking lot in Tuscaloosa.
A new law that is designed to make it easier for judges to require DUI offenders to install ignition interlock devices in their vehicles, officially went into effect for the State of Alabama on July 1st. The changes will now allow judges to force first time convicted DUI offenders to install an ignition interlock device for at least six months if their blood alcohol content is higher than .08 percent.
Have you ever filled out a job application? If you have, you’ve probably been asked, “Have you ever been arrested?” It’s a pretty loaded question. What if you were arrested, but prosecutors dropped the charges? What should you say then?
James Robert Burns, 62, has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Tuscaloosa. The charges of sexual abuse and sodomy stem from an incident that took place around 6:00 p.m. on Monday evening near the 15000 block of Beacon Point Drive.
A total of 15 individuals have been arrested in an ongoing attempt by law enforcement to crack down on the illegal sales of firearms and drugs. United States Marshals and ATF agents teamed up with Birmingham Police Department’s Crime Reduction and Neighborhood Enforcement teams to apprehend the suspects in a round-up that is part of bigger effort known as, “Operation Recoil”.
On a weekly basis, criminal defendants contact our office after having been arrested. The funny thing is, they often aren’t looking for a criminal attorney to defend them, but rather a civil rights attorney to sue the police. The primary reason provided is that they were arrested and the police didn’t read them their rights.
The lengthy investigation into a debit/credit card fraud scheme, which took place primarily in the state of Alabama, has resulted in more than 160 felony warrants being issued against six members of a Birmingham rapper gang. The Gardendale police have been a part of this investigation since February and are now searching for the members of a gangsta-rap group known as the “Hood Dynasty”.
