Tag: JEFFERSON COUNTY

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified an inmate found dead in his cell on Thursday afternoon.

Sebastian Carrillo, the currently indicted Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) employee who funneled money into Sheriff Mark Pettway’s political campaign through a company receiving state and federal money, appears to have lied in his state ethics filings regarding the business he used to make the donations.

While the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) was doling out thousands in state and federal funds to a brand new company to disinfect the jails during the COVID-19 pandemic, that same company was pushing funds into Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway’s political campaign.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has arrested James Dozier, the bailiff for suspended Judge Yashiba Blanchard, for impersonating a peace officer.

Kela Stanford, 55, the woman accused in a hot car death of a child in the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) last summer, is set for a pretrial hearing in August.

A scathing 120-page complaint outlines seven charges against Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard.

On Thursday, Blanchard was suspended from the bench, and retired Judge Sherri Friday was sworn in. Exact details of why have not been released.

The Leeds Police Department arrested a woman for child abuse after she was accused of spraying her children with bear spray.

An Irondale woman died 19 days after suffering burn injuries in a mobile home fire.

A former Jefferson County deputy charged after a crash that injured three people, including herself, has waived her right to a pretrial hearing.

The woman accused in a hot car death last summer was re-arrested after an indictment erroneously gave her no bond, according to court documents.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham confirmed a tornado hit Jefferson County on Monday, causing over 6,000 power outages and minor damage.

The conviction of a Birmingham man was affirmed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced.

The man charged with intentional murder in the death of Kimber Mills has bonded out of jail.

The Jefferson County Coroner identified the second person killed while standing outside their vehicle on an interstate in Jefferson County.

The Birmingham Police Department announced an arrest five months after a deadly shooting in the city’s west precinct.

A young man was struck and killed while outside of his vehicle on Interstate 20 in Birmingham early Saturday.

The man accused of trying to rob people inside a Jefferson County home Saturday morning has been identified.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery attempt and shooting that occurred Saturday morning in Birmingham.

There are now three people facing charges in connection with the October 19 bonfire shooting that claimed the life of Cleveland High School cheerleader Kimber Mills.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Kandice Pickett ruled the suspect in the shooting of four people did not meet the requirements to be held in jail according to Aniah’s Law.

The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by the City of Birmingham against Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway regarding the county's refusal to house Birmingham inmates.

The district lines for Jefferson County commissioners should stay the same for the 2026 cycle while a lawsuit proceeds on appeal, according to an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion released on Thursday.

The Birmingham Police Department re-arrested a murder suspect on Wednesday after a court mistakenly allowed him to post bond and be released.

After hours of Democratic lawmakers' pushback, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday overhauling the governance of the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB), sending it to the governor’s desk to become law.

Luck ran out Wednesday for the operators of at least two bingo halls in Jefferson County when the Alabama Attorney General’s Office raided the locations for not having business licenses.

The Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation on Tuesday exempting nursing mothers from jury duty after a Jefferson County mother was threatened for bringing her three-month-old baby to court after her excusal was denied.