Over two years after Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, an illegal alien living in Dadeville, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and double murder, the case has seen little movement.
A third suspect in the Dadeville Sweet 16 shooting last year has pleaded not guilty and waived his arraignment.
Kowaliga Idol, a large music competition, is in the Lake Martin area now through April 6.
A Tallapoosa judge ordered the case of the 15-year-old charged in the Dadeville Sweet 16 shooting to be moved from Juvenile Court to adult court for criminal prosecution.
The three adults charged in the shooting deaths of four people at a Sweet 16 party in Dadeville have been denied bond based on Aniah’s Law.
The latest arrest in a Sweet 16 birthday party in Dadeville was that of a 15-year-old from Tuskegee. This sixth arrest was made Thursday evening but the name of the suspect is not being released due to age.
In a Wednesday Facebook post, Booker T. Washington head football coach Lawrence O'Neal reacted to learning one of his football players had been arrested in connection to the April 15 deadly shooting in Dadeville.
State Sen. Jay Hovey (R-Auburn) said on Tuesday that “people are going to try to politicize” the Dadeville shooting, but “we’re never going to be able to legislate morality.”
State Rep. Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville) said he and other community members are patiently waiting for information about a deadly shooting that claimed four lives and injured 28 people over the weekend.