Covington County

Media Report

Tuesday 06 18

   70  Total Calls

     12  Medical Emergency

     35   Police Calls

Covington County

Jail Report

Booked In: 15

Released:  12

Total in Custody: 247

Andalusia  Quiet

Opp:  Quiet

Jail: 9

Covington County

Jail Report

Tuesday

Ryan D. Day 25                     Crim. Mis. 3^rd/REC.

                                                End./DUI                                $2,000

Marctavious R. Finley 23     GJI                                          $40,000

Olajunon O. Hines 19           Sentenced(90days)              -0-

Cecil H. Edward 53               TOP 2^nd                                  $3,000

Damon Magwood 35            GJI/Bond Rev.                       $200,000

William Walton 25                 Crim. Trsp. 3^rd/

                                                Disorderly Conduct               $1,000

Melvin Williams 32                Child Support                         -0-

Christopher D. Scott 33        FTA                                         -0-

Courtney Tillis 27                  POM 1^st/PODP                      $13,000

Kimberly Johnson 43            VOP                                        -0-

Ronnie Bettis 64                    GJI x5                                     $345,000

Gilbert Shaw 57                     GJI x3                                     $31,000

Nicole Anderson 27              POCS/POM 2^nd                     $17,500

Stephanie A. Slaughter 38   TOP 3^rd                                   $500.

Dwight B. Pouncey 23            VOP                                        -0-

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Authorities are searching for a 14-year-old girl who kidnapped an infant in Birmingham.

The abduction happened early Monday, according to a Missing Child Alert issued today by the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Two-month-old De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly was taken by 14-year-old Dor'Sayde Gathright, according to the alert.

Gathright and another female, whose identity isn't known, were seen putting De'Anthony into a 2010 silver Dodge Charger about 1 a.m. at 134 Harding Court Way. The car was driven by an unknown black male.

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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The man convicted in the brutal 1974 killing of a Huntsville college freshman will remain in prison for at least another five years.

Jacinto Rodriquez’s parole was denied for a 13th time in an Alabama Parole Board hearing this morning.

Rodriguez is serving a life sentence for the 1974 murder of Kelly Zettle, who was an 18-year-old freshman music student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He was also convicted of the attempted murder and rape of Zettle's roommate, Bobbi Ann Ostrander. Rodriguez was last denied parole in 2007 and will be back up for parole again in 2018.

Rodriguez, now 75, was sentenced to life in prison at a time when Alabama had outlawed the death penalty and the sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

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   On Tuesday the 18^th of June at approximately 0720 hours, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department received a call in reference to a reckless driver on I-10. The information was provided that the vehicle was a black Infinity westbound from the area of the 160 mile marker.

   Upon the deputy responding to I-10 in the area of the 142 mile marker, he observed the vehicle and began to follow for observation purposes. The vehicle was observed swerving in and out of its lane and was unable to maintain a single lane.

   A traffic stop was performed on the vehicle at approximately 0737 hours in the area of the 136 mile marker and contact was made with the driver. The driver appeared to be under the influence of an unknown controlled substance.

   A consensual search of the vehicle was performed at which time the deputy did locate a pill bottle that contained numerous marked and unmarked pills. The deputy was able to determine that the bottle contained 14 Hyrdocodone pills that the driver did not have a prescription for.

   The driver was placed under arrest and transported to the Jackson County Jail for this incident.

Arrested: Justin D. Sweetman 37 years old

                  Wesley Chapel, Florida

Charge: Trafficking in Hydrocodone

This is the Not so Nice List to be on and Covington and the City Schools within have missed this list! Great Job Teachers!

Seventy-eight Alabama schools from both urban and rural areas are on the state's list of schools that are failing under a new law.

The list released Tuesday includes many schools from the state's Black Belt region and city or county systems around Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery.

Parents who want to remove their children from the schools and send them to better ones can receive tax credits under the Alabama Accountability Act, passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature this year.

http://www.alsde.edu/general/AAA_Failing_School_Section_4_3_iii_List.pdf

Covington County

Media Report

Monday 06 17

   65   Total Calls

      5   Medical Emergency

     35   Police Calls

Covington County

Jail Report

Booked In: 6

Released:  7

Total in Custody: 244

Andalusia  Quiet

Opp:  Quiet

Jail: 9

Covington County

Jail Report

Monday

Brandon Rowell 27                 FTA                               -0-

Terri Thomas 41                    FTA                               -0-

Phillip T. Wendel 18            Criminal Trespass 3^rd  -0-

Jessica M. Harmon 23        Disorderly Conduct     $500.

Catherine F. Harbuck 41    Disorderly Conduct     $500

Raford Sims 19                  Rec. Stoled Prop. 1^st   $25,000

Houston County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested the second suspect in a series of convenience store armed robberies across the tri-state area.

So far, court records show authorities have charged two Dothan men with separate armed robberies, one that occurred in Florida and another Alabama.

Records show sheriff’s investigators most recently arrested Throne Thomas Smiley, 32, of Hamilton Street, on Saturday on a felony first-degree robbery charge.

Sheriff Andy Hughes confirmed investigators charged Smiley with the armed robbery of the Pansey Grocery BP Bait and Tackle store on US 84, just east of Ashford. Records show investigators charged Smiley with using a handgun during the Pansey store robbery, which happened Saturday, June 8.

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Grady Edward Barnes Jr., age 62, of the Andalusia, passed away Thursday June 13, 2013 at his residence.

Funeral services will be at 2 PM Sunday from Mill Creek Baptist Church with Brother Carl Turman officiating, interment will follow in River Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Saturday at Foreman Funeral Home.

Body will lie in state at the church 30 minutes prior to services.

Survivors include his wife, Donna Davis Barnes of Andalusia; his mother, Ola Belle Barnes of Andalusia, his daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Steve Holland of Wisconsin, Jennifer and Chris Echols of Andalusia, and Kimberly and Van Childs of Dothan, his son, Harold Barnes of River Falls; his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Amanda Barnes, step son and daughter-in-law, Brandon and Janie Short, step daughters and sons-in-law, Amy and Daniel Palmer and Lauren and Josh Gibson. 12 granchildren, 2 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Family and friends unable to attend the services may sign the guest registry online at www.foremanfuneralhome.com.

Covington County

Media Report

Sunday 06 16

   67   Total Calls

    11   Medical Emergency

     29   Police Calls

       4   Fire

Covington County

Jail Report

Booked In: 4

Released:  12

Total in Custody: 245

Andalusia  Quiet

Opp:  Quiet

Jail: 8

Covington County

Jail Report

Sunday

Ashleigh Adams 21              DUI                                $7,500

Shawn D. Bolden 29             Dom. Viol. 3^rd/

Harassment/

Viol. Prob. Order

Danny R. Jackson 35           DUI                                $7,500

Jason Cooper 33                 Child Support               -0-

Houston County Sheriff’s investigators recently arrested a 25-year-old Dothan man on a fugitive from justice warrant charging him with an armed robbery in Florida.

Sheriff’s Capt. Antonio Gonzalez said recently released information that investigators taken Milas Antwon Grant III of Park Avenue into custody in connection to the series of robberies that have occurred across the tri-state region.

Court records show sheriff’s investigators arrested Grant on Friday on the felony fugitive from justice warrant. The warrant said Grant was wanted on the charge of robbery with a firearm and had allegedly fled from justice from the state of Florida and was believed to be residing in Alabama.

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