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A defendant in a gruesome Bibb County child sex ring pleaded guilty to nine counts of first-degree kidnapping and one count of sexual torture. She was initially charged with human trafficking, but reached a deal with prosecutors after agreeing to testify against her seven co-defendants.
The investigation is not over for prosecutors in Bibb County as they prepare for one of the most complex and disturbing cases in the rural county’s history.
Incumbent Centreville Mayor Mike Oakley lost his reelection bid by two votes in last week's municipal election, and now he is challenging the results in court.
State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) and State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) announced on Thursday that they have pre-filed the “Child Predator Death Penalty Act” for the upcoming 2026 regular legislative session, with 23 Republican senators and 52 Republican House members already joining as cosponsors.
Protecting minors from sexually explicit material is not overreach. It is the bare minimum of what a responsible society must do.
Given his experience with investigating sex crimes, Fermo said he wasn’t shocked to learn what had happened in Bibb County. But it is still something he’ll never understand.
An eighth person is charged in the horrific Bibb County child sex trafficking case.
During a recent broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) sounded off about his plan to re-file a bill from the 2025 session that would have made child rapists eligible for the death penalty.
The people of Alabama must confront an undeniable truth: the horrific events in Bibb County are not an anomaly. This isn’t a 100-year flood. Child sexual abuse is a persistent crisis affecting every county in our state.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently expressed disgust at the uncovered sex ring in Bibb County and gave full support for the subsequently announced legislation that would mandate a life sentence or the death penalty for sexually assaulting a child.
A recent horrific child sex trafficking ring discovered in Bibb County has possible ties to the Sureños Mexican-American gang.
Alabama lawmakers will try again to pass legislation in the 2026 legislative session that would make child rapists eligible for the death penalty in the wake of horrific child sex abuse cases in Bibb County.
As officials in Bibb County continue to investigate and make arrests in a horrific child sex trafficking case in Bibb County, a U.S. Senate candidate with extensive credentials fighting anti-human trafficking operations is responding.
In response to horrific child sex abuse cases recently discovered in Bibb County, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) and State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) will unveil legislation to extend the death penalty to child rapists at a press conference on Thursday.
A former Miss America, who ran two unsuccessful campaigns in Alabama as a progressive Democrat, took to TikTok to bash President Donald Trump supporters and to tell them to shut their mouths about any child sexual abuse case.
Bibb County’s recent bust of an underground child sex ring is “probably just scratching the surface” of what happened, according to Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade.
As more gruesome details emerge out of Bibb County’s recent bust of an underground child sex ring, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has suggested that state lawmakers reconsider legislation that would put the death penalty on the table for sex crimes against children.
A fourth suspect was arrested in a child sex trafficking case in Bibb County.
Bibb County assistant District Attorney Brian Jones revealed horrific details in a child sex trafficking ring uncovered in Bibb County.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division announced on Sunday that it had arrested three men who now face nearly 50 total charges related to allegedly kidnapping, trafficking and sexually abusing children ranging from three to 16 in an underground bunker in Bibb County.
An investigation in Bibb County led to the arrest of a Hispanic man in connection with a child sex trafficking operation.
The family of five people shot and killed in a Bibb County home revealed the identities of the four children who died. The grandfather of the suspect, a pastor, also spoke to his church congregation about what happened that tragic night.
The State of Alabama has agreed to pay the estate of slain Bibb County deputy Brad Johnson $1 million, the maximum allowed by state law.
Listen to 1819 News Editor-in-Chief Ray Melick on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss the new 1819 Sports Editor Steve Irvine, the Bibb County officer shooting, questioning why the state resorted to a bond issue when they had cash for the mega prisons, 1819 The Podcast with Richard Simmons, the Hovey/Whatley election challenge, the Family Court judge in Montgomery who lost custody of her children for excessive punishment, and the recent SCOTUS string of conservative decisions.
“This inmate was not appropriate for work release then, and he was not supposed to be out of prison now,” Zeigler said of Austin Patrick Hall. Hall is the subject of a manhunt for allegedly shooting two Bibb County Sheriff's Deputies. Hall is considered armed and dangerous.