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ECSO looking for kidnapping suspect

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT

On May 12, 2013, a 17-year-old was driving home from work when he turned down an unknown road in the vicinity of W Street and Michigan Avenue. His window was rolled half way down and when he approached a stop sign, a black male wearing cargo pants and a white sleeveless shirt approached his passenger side window, pointed a small pistol at him and told him he needed a ride to the store.

RPD: Man robbed by son, friend

Russell Colburn — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:21:25 GMT

Jimmy White, Sr. went to authorities the morning of Thursday, May 23. He told the Robertsdale Police Department his son, Jimmy White, Jr. and his son's girlfriend tied him up and robbed him the night before.

FUGITIVE FILES UPDATE Forged checks

Bob Grip — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:13 GMT

Mobile County deputies arrested Heather Barnes less than 4 hours after she was profiled on FOX10 News Fugitive Files.

ECSO: Stick shift stops carjacking

Russell Colburn — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:54:33 GMT

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said a vehicle's transmission thwarted a carjacking in Pensacola Saturday, May 18.

BMPD: Man kidnaps, imprisons woman

Candace Murphy — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:26 GMT

Officials with the Bay Minette Police Department said around 7 p.m. on Monday, May 20 police responded to welfare concern where a woman was said to be held against her will.

DHR employee faces abuse charges

Andrew Perez — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:26 GMT

Authorities said a DHR employee is accused of elderly abuse and neglect of her brother, who's mentally and physically disabled.

Hangout counterfeit makers arrested

Michael Brannon — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:47:17 GMT

Hangout Music Festival counterfeit money obtained and makers have been arrested. Over the weekend, Gulf Shores Police arrested 12 people in connection with making counterfeit money at the festival.

GSPD: $4,800 in counterfeit cash found

Andrew Perez — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:45:23 GMT

Gulf Shores police say eight people were arrested for making counterfeit money during the Hangout Music Festival on Friday, May 17. Police tell FOX 10 they are searching for at least one other suspect.

MCSO: Man robs EXXON station with mask

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:13 GMT

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene of a robbery on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Officials said the suspect was wearing a white sack with a scarecrow face drawn on it.

Nouwen sentenced to prison

Bob Grip — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:45:17 GMT

Robert Nouwen, who pleaded guilty in Mobile Federal Court to possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 70 months in prison.

Suspect aims at deputy, gun jams twice

Russell Colburn — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:37:15 GMT

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said a deputy is lucky to be alive after a suspect's gun jammed.

Prostitution sweep nets 35 arrests

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:25:27 GMT

On May 16 and 17, MCSENT and Mobile Police Narcotics and Vice Unit conducted a citywide "Prostitution Sweep" operation. In this operation police were able to arrest 35 people resulting in one Felony, 41 Misdemeanors and seized one gun.

Sentence of life in murder conviction

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:31 GMT

A man who said members of the Aryan Brotherhood told him to murder a man, and who was convicted in that murder, was sentenced Monday, May 20 to life in prison. Daniel Dwight Brown was found guilty in April 2013 of the death of 42-year-old James "Jimbo" Huddleston.

County confiscates 50 dogs from home

Letisha Bush — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:11:44 GMT

A Mobile County woman is being investigated for animal cruelty after deputies said they confiscated nearly 50 dogs out of a home deemed "deplorable" by Mobile County Animal Control.

Shooting suspect's mother wants peace

Candace Murphy — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:20:21 GMT

Prichard police confirmed they arrested a shooting suspect a family found hiding in a closet in their home.

Indiana fugitive arrested in Loxley

Chasity Byrd — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:33:31 GMT

Loxley Police, along with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man wanted by the Hamilton County, Ind. Sheriff’s Office since 2012. Aaron Massey, 38, allegedly kidnapped a 38-year-old woman and her child. The two have been missing since September 2012.

Witnesses: Suspect found in closet

Paige Malone — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:37:36 GMT

Witnesses said a shooting led to a manhunt Wednesday, May 15. Witnesses told FOX10 News police caught the suspect after he hid in a family’s closet for hours.

Pair sought in two Circle K robberies

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:12:07 GMT

Deputies responded to a robbery at the Circle K at Massachusetts and North W Streets in Pensacola. Two suspects entered the store, using their shirts to conceal their identity.

FUGITIVE FILES Club Attack

Bob Grip — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:12:03 GMT

FOX10 News Fugitive Files is looking for assault suspect Stephen Wallace.

Special Report: Revolving Door

Andrew Perez — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:43:13 GMT

Mobile Police said most residential burglaries are extremely difficult to solve. It's a crime that has touched thousands across our area. Police say it's becoming more difficult to combat the problem when serial burglars and habitual offenders are able to walk right out of Mobile Metro Jail within minutes after an arrest.

Advocacy groups support alleged victim

Andrew Perez — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:42:50 GMT

Victim advocacy groups are reaching out after the alleged victim came forward claiming she had been sexually abused by Father James Havens some 24 years ago.

Bouncer: 'I was just doing my job'

Russell Colburn — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:16:25 GMT

A club bouncer who intervened while two illegal immigrants allegedly raped, beat and sodomized a woman at a local nightclub spoke to FOX10 News. Police said had Herbert McCants and his team not detained the two suspects when they did, an already vicious attack could have been much worse.

Suspect caught on camera arrested

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:50:06 GMT

Mobile Police have made an arrest in connection to an attempted home burglary. FOX10 has been following the story since the homeowners shared their surveillance video with us. Clausell Lewis was arrested Saturday, May 11.

Robbery suspects are repeat offenders

Chasity Byrd — Sun, 12 May 2013 01:57:44 GMT

Police said two suspects are accused of robbing a man Thursday, May 9 after the man asked them for a ride at a truck stop. Records show this wasn't the first time the suspects had been arrested.

MCSO seizes 20 pounds of marijuana

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:07:13 GMT

On Thursday, May 9 the Mobile County Sheriff's Office arrested two men after deputies seized 20 pounds of marijuana, synthetic spice and $900 cash. Earlier in the week MCSO received information from the Dothan Police Department about Derick Jackson and Larry Ford participating in trafficking marijuana.

PPD: Woman ran over victim with car

Candace Murphy — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:48:20 GMT

Prichard police arrested a woman Wednesday, May 8 for allegedly running someone over with a car. Police say they also found drug paraphernalia next to a 4-year-old child at 24-year-old Dewanda Bosley's home.

Second arrest made in student's murder

Andrew Perez — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:18:59 GMT

Prichard Police made a second arrest in the shooting death of LeFlore High school student Joseph Berryhill, Jr. FOX10 was there as police arrested and charged Curtis Pugh, 18.

FUGITIVE FILES UPDATE Bad checks

Bob Grip — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:42:00 GMT

FOX10 News Fugitive Files Bovaire Lewis was booked into Mobile's Metro Jail, only hours after being profiled.

Jury finds Arias guilty of murder

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:41:23 GMT

Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious relationship that ended in a blood bath.

Police: Mother, son assaulted at game

Candace Murphy — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:50:54 GMT

Two Bay Minette teenagers are accused of stabbing and beating a mother and her son at a Bay Minette baseball park Monday, April 29.