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16-year-old discovered at Mobile County home where 7 were arrested for manufacturing meth

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:47:37 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama — Mobile County Sheriff’s Office arrested 7 people Wednesday after receiving an anonymous tip about a possible meth lab.

Huntsville police, Alabama State Troopers will be out in force over Memorial Day weekend

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:21:05 +0000

The Huntsville police and Alabama State Troopers will be watching the state roadways carefully during the Memorial Day weekend.

Mobile man sentenced to 28 years for downtown carjacking and rape

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:47:22 +0000

A federal judge today sentenced Shelby Robinson to 28 years in prison for a carjacking in which he kidnapped, raped and robbed two women walking on Dauphin Street downtown.

Burglar steals woman’s car, other property from her Owens Cross Roads home

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:46:50 +0000

A 67-year-old woman told police this morning a burglar stole her car and other property from her home’s garage overnight.

Madison police investigating over 50 home, car break-ins in Liberty Knoll subdivision

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Madison police are investigating over 50 reported homes and cars broken into early this morning on Freedom Way, Freedom Court and Joe Phillips Road.

Gunman robs woman of purse while she sits outside her apartment

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:08:22 +0000

The woman told police she was sitting in the stairwell outside her apartment on the 3700 block of University Drive when a man came up and pulled a gun on her, a north precinct report said.

Man shot in hand after declining to give spare change to panhandler

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:06:58 +0000

The victim told police he was sitting in his car at Oakwood Avenue and Pulaski Pike at about 2 a.m. when a man came up to him and asked for spare change, a north precinct police report said.

Huntsville’s La Quinta, Days Inn robbed at gunpoint

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:05:39 +0000

A Huntsville motel was robbed late Tuesday night and another early this morning by an armed man.

Gun shots fired into woman’s vehicle in southwest Huntsville

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:03:45 +0000

The woman told police she was driving on the 2100 block of Brookside Street, which is south of Governors Drive and west of Memorial Parkway, at about 2:30 a.m. when someone fired “shots” in her car, a west precinct police report said.

Dollar store robberies prompt police to increase patrol, prevention

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:00:51 +0000

A news conference was held Tuesday to address citywide concerns about the spike in robberies to both businesses and individuals.