Tag: Crime
Alabama man, formerly of Cullman, pleads guilty to producing child pornography...
ALABAMA - An Alabama man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 5 to producing child pornography involving seven minor victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie...
(UPDATED) Jet-Pep in Battleground robbed; CCSO searching for male and female...
UPDATED 1/8/17 at 12:38 p.m. The suspects in last night's robbery of the Battleground Jet-Pep are still at large, according to Cullman County Sheriff...
West Point man arrested for distributing marijuana
CULLMAN - A West Point man was arrested recently and charged with two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance after he allegedly...
Falkville man arrested in Cullman for trafficking
CULLMAN - A traffic stop in Cullman on Thursday led to the arrest of a Falkville man for trafficking.
Cullman Police Department (CPD) Investigators Justin...
Man throws meth from car during traffic stop
CULLMAN - A Hartselle man, Joshua Earl Hanners, 28, was arrested in Cullman on Tuesday and charged with unlawful possession with intent to distribute...
Altoona man arrested after undercover operation in Cullman
CULLMAN - Altoona resident Russell Howard Rich, 44, was arrested in Cullman on Dec. 22 after he allegedly sold drugs to officers in an...
Cold Springs Elementary principal arrested for DUI Christmas evening
CULLMAN - Cold Springs Elementary School Principal Phillip Gay was arrested Sunday evening in Cullman and charged with driving under the influence. The incident...
CPD uses new helicopter to locate stolen vehicle
HOLLY POND - The Cullman Police Department (CPD) used the department's newly-acquired helicopter to locate a stolen vehicle in Holly Pond on Wednesday. CPD...
Cullman man arrested for burglary
CULLMAN - A Cullman man was arrested this week for allegedly burglarizing Tobacco Country on U.S. Highway 278 West and Cleveland Avenue. David Eric...
Hanceville, Blount County authorities bring down major area drug trafficker
Updated 12/21/16 at 10:12 p.m.
HANCEVILLE - Hanceville Police Chief Bob Long today announced the arrest of a major area drug trafficker. Long, along with...
Dodge City residents arrested with firearms, drugs
DODGE CITY - Two Dodge City residents were arrested Thursday after a search warrant led to the discovery of drugs and firearms.
Stephen Joshua Hughes,...
Vinemont man arrested for burglary; guns, knives and swords taken
VINEMONT - A Vinemont man is behind bars for allegedly stealing multiple weapons from an area flea market, including guns, knives and swords.
Cullman County...
Crane Hill man arrested for synthetic drug distribution
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police Department (CPD) Investigator Chris Thomason, Sgt. Scott Sanford and Sgt. Adam Clark on Tuesday arrested Louie Lauton Farr, 64,...
Vinemont man behind bars for burglarizing storage units
VINEMONT - A Vinemont man was arrested for burglary this week by Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators. Jeffery Lynn Grandstaff, 30, was charged...
Russellville man arrested for sexual abuse of child less than 12...
CULLMAN - A Russellville man was arrested in Cullman County yesterday for allegedly sexually molesting a child.
Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators arrested Jason...
Undercover operation leads to trafficking arrest
CULLMAN - An undercover operation lead by the Cullman City Police Department (CPD) on Tuesday led to the arrest of a Haleyville man on...
Cullman man arrested for sending obscene material to a minor
CULLMAN - A Cullman man is behind bars after being arrested Tuesday on charges of displaying obscene material to a minor, according to a...
Report of armed subject leads to meth manufacturing arrest
CULLMAN - A report of a possible armed subject walking on Denson Avenue near U.S. Highway 278 led to the arrest of a Cullman...
Sheriff’s Office nets liquid meth and active meth lab in 4...
CULLMAN COUNTY - This week, agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) arrested four people on drug charges, in two separate incidents, resulting...
Winston County man arrested for meth distribution
CULLMAN - A Winston County man was arrested in Cullman Thursday for two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.
Preston Cheyenne Johnson, 34,...
Alabama Department of Labor obtaining convictions for unemployment compensation fraud
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Thursday that the department has successfully prosecuted several Alabamians for unemployment compensation fraud. The...
Valley Grove man arrested for selling meth
CULLMAN - Cullman Police Department (CPD) Narcotics Investigators Chris Thomason and Justin Craft on Monday arrested Jammy Lee Guthery, 43, of Valley Grove for...
Georgia woman arrested outside Cullman Wal-Mart for trafficking
CULLMAN - A Georgia woman was arrested Sunday at a Cullman Wal-Mart store after Cullman Police Department Officer Matt Hollingsworth responded to a call...
3 arrested for meth and Suboxone
VINEMONT - Members of the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) on Tuesday arrested Jonathan Craig Wilson, 39, of Vinemont, Randy Eugene James, 41, of...
Baldwin man arrested for trafficking
BALDWIN - Cullman City Police Narcotics Investigators Chris Thomason and Justin Craft, along with Capt. Becky Boyd, on Tuesday arrested James Gorden Adams, Jr.,...
Couple murdered in Blount County had close ties to Cullman and...
Bennie and Faye Moore are seen here in a photo from 2013, when the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary. Image: The Blount Countian
BLOUNT COUNTY...
Hanceville Police arrest registered sex offender on drugs, stolen vehicle charges
David Lee Moore
HANCEVILLE - David Lee Moore of Hanceville and Tina Thompson of Cullman were arrested this week in Hanceville, facing charges for drugs,...
Arrest Roundup: David Olvin Brown arrested for theft; Kenneth Dewayne Johnson...
Left, David Brown; Right, Kenneth Johnson
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police Department (CPD) Investigators Chris Thomason and Justin Craft on Friday arrested David Olvin Brown,...
SBI: No info about officer-involved shooting to be released at this...
CULLMAN COUNTY - Officials with Alabama's State Bureau of Investigation are not releasing any details about Tuesday's officer-involved shooting in Cullman County. The incident...
BREAKING NEWS: Officer-involved shooting on County Road 1223
CULLMAN COUNTY - A source from the Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) has confirmed that there has been an officer-involved shooting within the last...
Meth and cash seized from residence
CULLMAN - Agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) on Thursday arrested Jonathan Leamon Lee, 36, originally of Byron, Georgia for possession with...
3 drug arrests in New Canaan and Grandview
Image: Michael Leslie Jones, 42, of Arab
CULLMAN COUNTY - Authorities in Cullman County this week made three arrests it two separate drug busts.
Agents with...
(Updated) 2 search warrants net 3 arrests in West Point community
******Editor's Note: This story has been updated. It was brought to the attention of The Cullman Tribune / CullmanSense editorial crew that the arrest...
Police investigating shooting on west side of Cullman
CULLMAN - The Cullman City Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened early Wednesday morning on the west side of town.
According to Lt....
3 arrests made for setting fires during a drought emergency
CULLMAN COUNTY - Three people were arrested on Friday for setting fires, in two unrelated incidents. There has been a No Burn Order in...
3 arrested in Bremen on drug charges
BREMEN - Cullman Police Department Narcotics Investigators Chris Thomason and Justin Craft, along with three members of the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Cullman...
Baileyton man arrested for attempted murder
CULLMAN COUNTY - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators on Tuesday arrested Alexander "Alex" Austin Thomas, 31, of Baileyton for attempted murder, first-degree theft...
Updated: Standoff in New Canaan over; suspect in custody
Image courtesy of The Arab Tribune
Updated Oct. 6, 7:37 p.m.
NEW CANAAN - A standoff between a man and officers from the Arab Police Department...
Suspect arrested in Wednesday night murder in Phelan
PHELAN - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators on Thursday arrested Windell Joe Campbell, 59, of Cullman for the murder of Edwin Lee Wood,...
Update: CPD: “Jerome Flanigan and Kayla Thursby have not been excluded”
CULLMAN - The investigation into the suspicious death of a local woman is still ongoing, and two persons of interest are still on authorities'...
The latest on the Leslie Clements case
CULLMAN - According to Capt. Becky Boyd of the Cullman City Police Department, the investigation into the suspicious death of Leslie Clements is still...
Decatur man arrested for trafficking marijuana
CULLMAN - Late last week, Cullman City Police Department narcotics investigators, along with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency...
Update: Police locate person of interest in Friday’s suspicious death
CULLMAN - Jerome Flanigan, the man Cullman City Police Department (CPD) investigators have been searching for since Friday, has been located. Flanigan was named...
Update on Saturday night shooting and Friday’s suspicious death
CULLMAN - A shooting on the city's southwest side Saturday night left one person injured. Cullman Police Department (CPD) officers responded to a report...
UPDATED: Shooting in city of Cullman leaves one man injured
Updated Sept. 17, 9:45 p.m.
CULLMAN - A shooting on the city's southwest side tonight left one person injured. Cullman Police Department (CPD) investigators are...
CPD asking for public’s help in locating 2 persons of interest
Updated: Sept. 16 at 9:17 p.m.
CULLMAN - The Cullman Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating Jerome Flanigan and Kayla Thursby.
Flanigan,...
Woman found deceased in southwest Cullman; coroner confirms suspicious circumstances
Updated Sept. 16 at 1:27 p.m.
CULLMAN - A 33-year-old woman was found deceased this morning in the southwest part of the city of Cullman...
Wrong-way fleeing driver charged in fatal crash
WARRIOR, Ala. (AP) - A driver has been charged after authorities say he refused to stop for police and went the wrong way before...
Updated: Shots fired reported on County Road 623
CULLMAN - Officials with the Cullman County Sheriff's Office received a report of shots fired on County Road 623 in Cullman County at approximately...
Call from concerned citizen results in discovery of significant forgery operation;...
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police officers on Monday arrested four people and shut down a significant forgery operation as a result of received a...
2 arrested for burglary; property recovered
CULLMAN - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators this week arrested Benjamin Scott Guthrie, 30, of Mt. Olive for five counts of burglary, five...
2 overnight shootings in Cullman County lead to arrest
CULLMAN COUNTY - Two separate, unrelated shootings occurred in Cullman County Thursday night, one in Good Hope and the other in Vinemont. Both were...
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office investigating 2 shooting incidents tonight
Updated Aug. 25 at 9:43 p.m.
CULLMAN COUNTY - Two separate and apparently unrelated shooting incidents occurred tonight in Cullman County, one near Vinemont and...
Traffic stop leads to arrest of wigged suspect for meth
BETHEL – Members of the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) and Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) deputies on Thursday arrested Donovan Casey Odom, 44,...
Undercover operation nets man selling kratom from local business
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police Department investigators on Thursday executed two search warrants in relation to a month-long undercover drug investigation led by Officers...
Eva man arrested for trafficking meth
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police Department narcotics investigators Justin Craft and Chris Thomason on Monday arrested Keith Alan Thomas, 55, of Eva for trafficking...
UPDATED: Sheriff weighs in on 2 arrests made in connection with...
Updated Saturday, July 30 at 4:07 p.m.
CULLMAN - The Cullman County Sheriff’s Office on Friday morning at approximately 1 a.m. arrested two individuals in...
Local woman arrested for child abuse
CULLMAN - A local woman was arrested for child abuse yesterday at the Cullman County Courthouse. Darcy Lindsey, 31, of Cullman County was arrested...
Hanceville man arrested, suspected of transporting heroin from Jefferson Co. into...
GARDENDALE - Michael Shane Hudson, 41, of Hanceville was arrested as a result of the cooperation of multiple law enforcement agencies recently. He is...
Former Folsom Center business office manager indicted for theft
MONTGOMERY - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange today announced the indictment of the former business office manager of a Cullman nursing home on charges...
Traffic stop leads to arrest of woman with drug warrant
CULLMAN - Cullman Police Department Narcotics Investigators Justin Craft and Chris Thomason on Monday conducted a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 278 West and...
Controlled buy nets Good Hope man
CULLMAN - On Monday, July 25, Cullman City Police Department Narcotics Investigators arrested Patrick Ray Wren, 46, of Good Hope for unlawful distribution of...
Hanceville man arrested with 20 grams of ICE
HANCEVILLE - On Thursday, July 14, CNET agents with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), along with law enforcement officers from Madison and Morgan...
Property line dispute source of Brushy Pond shooting
BRUSHY POND – At approximately 9:45 p.m. Friday night in Brushy Pond, officers responded to reports of a shooting.
According to Cullman County Sheriff Matt...
Falkville man busted for multiple vending machine thefts
FALKVILLE - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators early this morning arrested Christopher Lewis Chaney, 33, of Falkville for third-degree theft of property and...
UPDATE: 2 Vinemont men arrested for arson in Colorado
Arrests made in the Cold Springs Fire
Two campers from out-of-state have been arrested for arson.
Nederland, Colo. - Yesterday at 4:40 p.m., sheriff's detectives arrested...
Hubbard sentenced to 4 years in prison
LEE COUNTY, AL (WBRC) - Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard was sentenced to four years in jail and 16 years of probation on Friday,...
Suspect arrested for felony child abuse
VINEMONT - Late last week Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) investigators arrested Charity Nicole Jackson, 32, of Vinemont for aggravated child abuse.
The victim, who...
Tip leads to arrest of courthouse bomb threat suspect
CULLMAN - Late last week, Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) investigators arrested David Chase Warner, 21, of Hanceville, for making a bomb threat at...
2nd judge recuses himself from Cullman HS principal, asst. principal trespassing...
CULLMAN, AL (WBRC) - A second judge has recused himself from the trespassing case involving a retiring Cullman High School principal and the school’s...
1 person arrested Sunday after crashing stolen vehicle; 2 suspects remain...
CULLMAN - One person was arrested on Sunday and two remain at-large after a vehicle reported stolen from Walker County crashed in Cullman.
Cullman City...
Execution of search warrant leads to arrest; meth seized
CULLMAN – Agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) arrested Jason Anthony Brandmire, 37, of Holly Pond for unlawful possession of a controlled...
Davis murder trial: closing arguments to begin in the morning
CULLMAN - The testimony phase of the Emmett Leroy Davis murder trial concluded this afternoon, after almost four full days of witnesses. Closing arguments...
Two arrested in connection to burglaries and thefts
CULLMAN – The Cullman County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jody Alan Mead, 31, of Cullman and Shannon Alford McDonald, 35, of Cullman in connection to...
Davis murder trial: prosecution still going strong at the end of...
Photo shows Cullman City Police Lt. Jody Martin being cross-examined by the defense.
CULLMAN - Day two of the trial of the man accused of...
Local woman arrested for trafficking
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police Department Narcotics Investigators, with assistance from the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), yesterday arrested Cristie Ann Dunn, 47, of...
Execution of multiple search warrants leads to 6 arrests; meth and...
CULLMAN - Agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), deputies with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and officers with the Cullman City...
Former Cullman Co. volunteer coach pleads guilty to raping student
CULLMAN COUNTY, AL (WBRC) - A former volunteer coach at a Cullman County school has pleaded guilty to raping a student.
Spencer Jackson Byrd, 22,...
Drug sting leads to trafficking arrest in northwest Cullman
CULLMAN - On June 12, Cullman City Police Department narcotics investigators and other officers, while conducting a drug sting operation in the northwest sector...
Convicted felon on probation busted in undercover operation with drugs and...
CULLMAN - On June 12, Cullman City Police Department investigators conducted an undercover drug operation on the west side of the town. During the...
Traffic Stop, short chase lead to multiple drug arrests
CULLMAN - Five people were arrested on Monday after leading police on a short chase. Cullman City Police Department narcotics investigators Justin Craft and...
Drug sting leads to trafficking arrests
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police Department narcotics investigators and patrol officers on June 1 took part in a drug sting operation on the southwest...
UPDATE: 12-month-old James Lee Sanson’s fatal injuries ‘could not have been...
CULLMAN - Preliminary reports from the physicians who treated 12-month-old James Lee Sanson at Children's of Alabama indicate that his injuries could not have...
Police and DHR investigating suspicious death of 12-month-old boy
CULLMAN - The Cullman City Police Department and the Cullman County Department of Human Resources are investigating the suspicious death of a 12-month-old boy.
On...
Woman who spurred a multi-agency search effort last night has been...
HANCEVILLE - A 20-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after she led authorities on a search and rescue effort Wednesday night in Hanceville...
Lt. Col. indicted for fraudulently supplying Chinese-made Army promotional gear; was...
BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves for fraudulently supplying hundreds of thousands of Chinese-produced...
UPDATED: Armed robbery being investigated
Updated at 4:26 p.m. on May 23, 2016
BREMEN - Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry this afternoon confirmed that an armed robbery occurred last night...
Meth pipe thrown from vehicle during traffic stop leads to arrests...
CULLMAN - On Wednesday, May 18, Cullman Police Department Narcotics Investigators Chris Thomason and Justin Craft stopped a blue Jeep Cherokee for a traffic...
Controlled buy leads to 4 trafficking arrests
VINEMONT - On Thursday, May 19, Cullman Police Department investigators, with assistance from the Cullman County Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), made a controlled buy...
Early morning robbery at local apartment complex, second in week
CULLMAN - An early-morning robbery occurred Wednesday at Kensington Station Apartment Homes in Cullman.
According to Cullman Police Lt. Jody Martin, at approximately 3 a.m....
Bremen man arrested for alleged possession of obscene material of children
BREMEN - Today, May 18, investigators with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office arrested Paul Sandlin, Jr., 60, of Bremen, for possession of obscene material...
Two arrested for vehicle break-ins; property recovered
GOLD RIDGE - During the past week, Cullman County Sheriff's Office deputies and investigators arrested Zachary Chad Arnold, 26, of Cullman and Christopher Adam...
Man Arrested for Electronic Solicitation of a Child
HANCEVILLE - On Friday, May 6, investigators with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dylon Chase Shook, 20, of Hanceville, for electronic solicitation of...
Two Arrested in Connection to Vehicle Break-ins
CULLMAN - On Sunday, May 1, Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) investigators arrested Kelly Thomas Schmidt, 41, of Hanceville and William Michael Hollis, 34,...
Drug Bust Nets Meth, Cash; Suspect Charged with Trafficking
CULLMAN - On Tuesday, April 26, agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) arrested Irina Gouchtchina Roberson, 37, of Cullman. Roberson was charged...
Man Shot by Police Tuesday Night Identified
CULLMAN - The man who was shot last night by a Cullman City Police officer has been identified as 38-year-old Billy Joe Martin. Martin...
Officer-Involved Shooting After Suspect Pulls Revolver on Police
CULLMAN - An officer-involved shooting occurred at Austin Avenue and Interbitzen Street in Cullman Tuesday night after a suspect pulled a revolver on police....
Pair of Arrests Made for Manufacturing Meth
CULLMAN - On April 21, Cullman City Police Department narcotics investigators stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on U.S. Highway 31 North in...
Armed Robbery at Holiday Inn Express & Suites off Exit 310
CULLMAN - At approximately 2:08 p.m. this afternoon, April 23, officers from the Cullman Police Department responded to an armed robbery call at the...
UPDATE: 2 Teenagers Charged with Capital Murder in Death of Cullman...
Updated at 7:04 p.m. on April 21, 2016
BIRMINGHAM – Vershawn Edwards, 17, and Horayshio Fletcher, 17, have been arrested and charged with capital murder...
