Tag: Crime
5 charged with intent to distribute meth
Editor’s note: The original version of this story, published on Tuesday, Sept. 19, stated that all five suspects were charged with possession with intent...
Vinemont man arrested for sexual abuse of a minor
VINEMONT - A Vinemont man has been arrested and charged with first-degree sexual abuse.
According to the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), investigators arrested and ...
Arrest report: Sept. 18
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 18. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Adkins, John Paul, 28
first-degree sexual...
Vandals damage bridge in Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Garden
CULLMAN - Cullman County Master Gardeners got a not-so-nice surprise Monday when a member showed up to place some plants and found that the...
Arrest report: Sept. 15-17
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 15-17. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Brooks, Raleigh Winston, 45
public intoxication
Brown,...
Arrest report: Sept. 14
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 14. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Burley, Desirae Nicole, 22
first-degree identity...
Arrest report: Sept. 13
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 13. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Cummings, Shannon Michelle, 37
second-degree theft...
Arrest report: Sept. 12
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 12. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Coggins, Rodney Lee, 52
failure to...
Arrest report: Sept. 11
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 11. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Beasley, Terra Celeste, 22
probation violation-...
Hanceville man arrested for sexual child abuse, rape, sodomy
HANCEVILLE - A Hanceville man was arrested on Friday and charged with sexual abuse of a child under 12, two counts of first-degree rape...
Arrest report: Sept. 8-10
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 8-10. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Anderson, Deborah, 62
negotiating a worthless...
Arrest report: Sept. 7
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 7. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Breedwell, Alisha Lynn, 35
failure to...
Arrest report: Sept. 6
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 6. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Cloud, Jason Lynn, 39
prohibited res-...
Sipsey man arrested in Bremen with heroin, meth, guns
BREMEN - A traffic stop on Wednesday led to the arrest of a Sipsey man. Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) deputies arrested Joe Benny...
Arrest report: Sept. 5
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 5. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Aragon, Dale Jackson, 20
domestic violence-...
2 West Point residents jailed on drug charges
WEST POINT - Two West Point residents were arrested and jailed today after a search of a residence led to the alleged discovery of...
Vehicle search leads to drugs, firearm, counterfeit bills
CULLMAN - A Labor Day traffic stop by Cullman Police Department Officers Cole Kelley and Justin Moser landed a Cullman man in jail on...
Arrest report: Sept. 1-4
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 1-4. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Alldredge, Tommy Ray, 29
attempted breaking...
Arrest report: Sept. 1-4
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Sept. 1-4. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Alldredge, Tommy Ray, 29
attempted breaking...
Vinemont woman charged with human trafficking
VINEMONT - A Vinemont woman was arrested and jailed on Friday, Sept. 1 for human trafficking. Stefanie Nichole Weaver, 23, is charged with second-degree...
Arrest report: Aug. 31
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 31. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Franklin, Janie Renee, 33
domestic violence-...
Arrest report: Aug. 30
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 30. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Barnett, Candi Michelle, 28
failure to...
Arrest report: Aug. 29
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 29. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Collins, Kristin Amanda, 30
domestic violence-...
Eva man leads CCSO on chase, crashes into 2 CCSO vehicles
VINEMONT - An Eva man was arrested Tuesday evening after leading Cullman County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase that ended with the suspect crashing...
Arrest report: Aug. 28
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 28. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Bennett, Buddy Wayne, 27
probation violation-...
Fairview man indicted on 2 counts of 1st-degree human trafficking
Updated 8-29-17 12:05 p.m.
Woods was re-arrested on Monday on the charges for which he was indicted. He was given a $141,000 property bond and...
Sheriff: woman looking for her ‘safe place’ takes CCSO vehicle
CULLMAN COUNTY - A Cullman County woman was arrested and charged with first-degree theft of property on Saturday after she commandeered a Cullman County...
2 Birmingham men arrested in Pawn Your Bond gun burglary
Marcus Wendell Newsome, left; Brandon Rorylavelle Hurt, right / Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
CULLMAN - Two Birmingham men are behind bars Monday, suspected of burglarizing...
Arrest report: Aug. 25-27
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 25-27. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Boone, Dustin Logan, 28
failure to...
Arrest report: Aug. 24
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 24. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Byars, Jada Cecelia, 43
possession of...
Arrest report: Aug. 23
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 23. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Bevington, Ronald Eric, 48
second-degree promoting...
19-year-old Jones Chapel man facing 1st degree sexual abuse charges
Gary Lynn Jolly / Cullman County Sheriff's Office
JONES CHAPEL- A Jones Chapel man was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree sexual abuse. Gary Lynn...
CCSO arrests 6 in separate incidents; meth, marijuana, pills and firearm...
Top row, l-r: Phillip Edward Parker, Brentson Harold Kilpatrick, Robert Keith Pugh; Bottom row, l-r: Kelli Diane Blackmon, Johnie Lee Kuykendall, Jason Robert Crocker...
Arrest report: Aug. 22
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 22. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Bailey, Richard Eugene, 34
harassment
Blackmon, Kelli...
Welti man jailed on drug charges
Rodney Dylan Witcher / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN COUNTY - A Welti man was arrested late last week and charged with unlawful distribution of a...
Arrest report: Aug. 21
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 21. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Chamblee, Caleb Earl, 22
violating protection...
Arrest report: Aug. 18-20
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 18-20. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Bailey, Jon Austin, 34
failure to...
Cullman man arrested for attempted murder
Kevin Paul Brown / Cullman County Sheriff's Office
CULLMAN - A Cullman man was arrested Sunday after deputies with the Cullman County Sheriff's Office responded...
Graves changes plea to not guilty by reason of mental disease...
James Graves / Cullman County Sheriff's Office
CULLMAN - Former Cullman County Commission Chairman James Graves, 74, of Vinemont, arrested and charged Wednesday, May 10...
Aug. 17 Arrest Reports
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 17. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Adams, Brandi Nichole McGriff, 35
*Domestic...
CPD warns of rash of vehicle break-ins, 11 in past 2...
CULLMAN - Cullman Police Department Capt. of Investigation, Becky Boyd, issued a statement today, warning city residents of a rash of vehicle break-ins that...
Former chairman Graves re-arrested, charged with witness tampering
CULLMAN - Former Cullman County Commission Chairman James Graves, 74, of Vinemont, arrested and charged Wednesday, May 10 with felony first-degree sexual abuse of...
Arrest report: Aug. 16
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 16. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Baker, Robin Lee, 45
public intoxication
Ortiz,...
Arrest report: Aug. 15
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 15. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Brown, Carrie Jo, 20
failure to...
Arrest report: Aug. 14
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 14. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Adams, Bob Timothy, 38
domestic violence-...
2 arrested for selling meth to undercover cops
Ronnie Regina Millar, left, and Jesse Dean Thomas, right / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - Two Berlin residents were arrested this week after they allegedly...
Arrest report: Aug. 10
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 10. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Byrne, David William, 22
failure to...
ATF, Cullman County Sheriff’s Office seek public’s help in Pawn Your...
Persons of interest in the theft of firearms from Pawn Your Bond, 1506 County Road 437/ ATF
CULLMAN - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
Arrest report: Aug. 9
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 9. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Arndt, Jeremy Langston, 22
DUI- .08...
Arrest report: Aug. 8
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 8. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman Count Sheriff’s Office
Cooper, Destiney Rose, 23
intimidating a...
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office partners with Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers Board Member Frank Barefield, left, and Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry at a press conference announcing the partnership between the sheriff's office...
Arrest report: Aug. 4-6
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 4-6. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Bennett, David Brian, 47
probation violation-...
Arrest report: Aug. 3
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 3. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Collins, Justin Blake, 24
fourth-degree receiving...
2 arrested for impersonating Cullman Police officers
Larry W. Smith, Jr., left, and Terry L. Hayes, right / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - Two men were arrested on Wednesday in a bizarre...
Arrest report: Aug. 2
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 2. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Drummond, Lisa, 49
domestic violence third-degree...
Arrest report: Aug. 1
CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Aug. 1. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Aaron, Benjamin Lee, 38
nonsupport
Berry, Bridget...
Sheriff’s Office warns of new phone scam
CULLMAN - The Cullman County Sheriff's Office received several calls from Cullman County residents Friday saying that people are calling and claiming to be...
CCSO: 8 arrested for drugs on 2 separate search warrants
Top row, l-r: Whitney Nichole Thursby, Oliver Samual Tucker, Danny Ray Tucker and MiKayla Delaine Burleson
Bottom row, l-r: Donald William Holder, Shelly Dawn...
Cullman woman arrested after drugs found in apartment
Lindsay Nicole Schmale / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - A Cullman woman was arrested recently after a search of her home allegedly yielded hydrocodone pills...
Local optometrist arrested for harassment
Dr. Phillip Guthery / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - A local optometrist was arrested Friday on one count of harassment after a patient swore out...
Latest: Steve Griffith’s wife, Jackie Griffith, in good condition following fatal...
Cullman Regional’s Lindsey Dossey briefly addressed the media on Wednesday, July 19. / Andrew Cryer
Updated 7-19-17 at 9:34 p.m.
CULLMAN - The third person involved...
Hanceville woman arrested for selling methamphetamine
Felisha Nichole Hudson / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - A Hanceville woman last week was arrested for selling methamphetamine, following a traffic stop.
Felisha Nichole Hudson,...
Statement from hospital and Griffith family at 4:30 p.m.
Stephen K. Griffith / Griffith, Lowry & Meherg
CULLMAN - A press conference will be held at 4:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, July 19 by Cullman...
‘The system is failing our citizens’ Sheriff points to mental illness...
Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry addresses the media on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 about the murder of local attorney Steve Griffith. / Andrew Cryer
This...
UPDATE: Coroner IDs victim and suspect in Monday’s fatal home invasion
Stephen K. Griffith / Griffith, Lowry & Meherg
Updated 7-18-17 1:18 p.m.
CULLMAN - Cullman County Coroner Jeremy L. Kilpatrick has identified the two people who...
UPDATE: Sheriff to hold press conference on last night’s fatal home...
CULLMAN - Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry will hold a press conference today at 3 p.m. to give more information on the fatal home...
Vinemont man arrested for forgery, drugs; counterfeit money likely circulating in...
Mark Anthony Nix / Cullman Police Department
VINEMONT - A Vinemont man, Mark Anthony Nix, 52, was arrested Friday, July 7 and charged with first-degree...
2 Hanceville women arrested on animal cruelty charges
Amanda Yancey Monaco, left and Leah Ann Wilbanks, right / Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
HANCEVILLE - Two Hanceville women were arrested on Tuesday, July 10...
Undercover operation leads to multiple charges for West Point woman
Tara Lynn Coleman / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - A West Point woman is behind bars, charged with five counts of unlawful distribution of a...
2 Birmingham residents arrested in Cullman Co. for crack cocaine distribution
Deangelo Lewis, left, and Brittany Hill, right / Cullman Police Department
DODGE CITY - Cullman Police Department investigators on Sunday arrested two Birmingham residents on...
Undercover operation leads to distribution charge
Johnny Michael Coggins / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - An undercover operation led to the arrest of a Berlin man on Friday. Johnny Michael Coggins,...
Registered sex offender arrested for multiple thefts
Brent Donald Sigala, 44 / Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Updated 6-27-17 at 6:40 p.m.
CULLMAN COUNTY - Following tips from residents living on County Road 1101,...
2 Berlin residents arrested, meth and other drugs seized
Ronnie Regina Millar, 35, left, and Jesse Dean Thomas, 34 / Cullman County Sheriff's Office
BERLIN - A man and woman from the Berlin community...
Cullman man arrested on multiple charges of sexual child abuse
Henry Dewey Loyd / Cullman County Sheriff's Office
CULLMAN - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators today arrested Henry Dewey Loyd, 44, of Cullman on...
West Cullman neighborhood stunned by midnight gunfire Monday
Timmy G. Twilley, 49 / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - A west Cullman neighborhood was startled awake minutes past midnight on Monday, June 19, when...
Cullman man out on bond arrested for trafficking meth
Jonathan Franklin Davis, 32, of Cullman / Cullman Police Department
CULLMAN - A Cullman man was arrested and charged with trafficking in methamphetamine following a...
Arrest of 3 in Good Hope leads to 2 trafficking charges
Rachel Ann Reeves, Charles Cameron Simmons and Steven Andrew Waters / Cullman Police Department
GOOD HOPE - Local authorities made a substantial drug bust recently,...
Man being investigated for involvement in fatal wreck arrested on unrelated...
CULLMAN - Brad Meeks, 27, the man at the center of the investigation into the crash that killed Cullman High School student Curtis Wilson,...
Autopsy results say blunt force trauma cause of 1-year-old’s death
1-year-old James Lee Sanson died on May 31, 2016. / Image courtesy of WVTM 13
CULLMAN - After more than a year, the official autopsy...
Arab man arrested for trafficking meth, thanks to K-9 Deputy AJ
CULLMAN COUNTY - An Arab man was arrested in the early morning hours of Friday, June 2 following an attempted traffic stop at the...
3 Jones Chapel men arrested, 2 for meth trafficking
L-R: Justin Bernard Gilbreath, Wondlas Mark Givens and Roger Dale Marks
JONES CHAPEL - Three men from the community of Jones Chapel/Water Valley were arrested...
Hanceville man arrested in connection with hit and run death of...
CULLMAN - A Hanceville man is behind bars tonight, arrested by Alabama State Troopers today, May 31, in connection with the Mother's Day hit...
Shots fired on 3rd Ave. SE “accidental discharge”
CULLMAN - If you noticed a heavy police presence in the 700 block of Third Avenue Southeast early this afternoon, there is no cause...
Local doctor arrested for shoplifting
CULLMAN - A local doctor was arrested for shoplifting recently, according to reports from the Cullman Police Department. Mir Kwon Wu Varquez, 59, was arrested...
Addison man arrested for trafficking
CULLMAN - Following a recent undercover operation led by Cullman City Police Department (CPD) Investigator Justin Craft, Daniel Reece Mann, 27, of Addison was...
2 arrested for multiple sex offenses
Kenneth Loyd Woods, left and Joshua Dwayne Aker, right
CULLMAN COUNTY - Two Cullman County men were arrested in the past week in unrelated incidences...
Update: Troopers still searching for vehicle involved in fatal hit and...
Helen Duke/Image provided by family
GOOD HOPE - State Trooper and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) Public Information Officer Curtis Summerville late Monday afternoon said...
Former Commission Chairman James Graves makes bond; preliminary hearing date set
CULLMAN - Former Cullman County Commission Chairman James Graves, arrested and charged Wednesday, May 10 with felony first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, has...
Cullman GOP votes to remove James Graves from executive committee
James Graves
CULLMAN – The Cullman County Republican Party announced Wednesday afternoon that its executive committee has voted to remove James Graves from its ranks....
Former Cullman County Commission Chairman James Graves arrested for sexual abuse...
CULLMAN COUNTY - Former Cullman County Commission Chairman James Donald Graves, 74, of Vinemont, has been arrested and charged with first-degree sexual abuse after...
CCSO makes 2nd trafficking arrest in as many days
CULLMAN COUNTY - The Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) arrested a Holly Pond woman for trafficking on Friday. It was the second trafficking arrest...
Cullman woman arrested for trafficking meth
CULLMAN - A Cullman woman was arrested on Thursday and charged with trafficking following a traffic stop at the intersection of Alabama Highway 157...
Tip leads to arrest of 2 for meth manufacturing on city’s...
CULLMAN - Two people were arrested yesterday after Cullman City Police Department (CPD) officers allegedly found components of a meth lab and various drugs...
Bremen woman behind bars after allegedly selling suboxone to undercover officers
BREMEN - Tanya Roxanne Monroe, 36, of Bremen was arrested recently and charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance after she allegedly sold...
K-9 alert leads to drug arrest for Cullman woman
CULLMAN - A Cullman woman was arrested recently after a routine traffic stop led to the discovery of methamphetamine and other drugs.
According to a...
Bizarre windshield smashing incident in Cullman causing stir online
CULLMAN - A local woman is an internet sensation this afternoon after she took extreme measures to get someone's attention and her antics were...
Cullman Co. man arrested for electronic solicitation of a child
CULLMAN - A Cullman County man is behind bars facing charges of electronic solicitation of a child, which is a Class B felony.
Cullman County...
Escaped Cullman inmate captured in Mississippi
CULLMAN - The inmate who walked away from work release detail on Thursday afternoon has been captured, according to the Cullman County Sheriff's Office...
Former Double Springs MS teacher sentenced for attempted sodomy, transmitting obscene...
WINSTON COUNTY - According to the Office of the District Attorney for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, former Winston County teacher, Rickie Leath...
