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Court challenges Alabama statute barring sex offenders from living with their children

The Eleventh Circuit effectively ruled a section of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act unconstitutional.
April 28, 2025

Police may serve search warrants out of their jurisdiction, Alabama AG says

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that recent actions by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and the Alabama Supreme Court have clarified that Alabama law allows law enforcement officers in the state to serve search warrants outside their territorial jurisdiction as long as a judge within the jurisdiction of service approves the warrant. … Continued
July 16, 2020

Dale County man indicted on 60 counts of child sex crimes

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the indictment of a Dale County man for 60 counts of child sex crimes. Jason Park, age 40, of Newton, was served notice of the indictments on June 26 at the Dale County Jail, where he was already incarcerated after being arrested previously on many of the same charges. … Continued
June 30, 2020

Marshall County woman indicted for producing child pornography

A federal grand jury indicted a Marshall County woman Monday for producing child pornography. The indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and ICE Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Alabama James G. Hernandez. The indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges Anna Marie Gomez, 31, with two counts of … Continued
October 31, 2018

Former Alabama kindergarten teacher sentenced to 10 years for child porn

Charles Mark McCormack, 54, of Muscle Shoals was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for producing child pornography between 1997 and 1998. Acting Assistant Attorney General John Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town of the Northern District of … Continued
April 4, 2018

Trussville man sentenced for child pornography

By Staff Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced a Trussville, Alabama, man to more than 15 years in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor sentenced Brian Wayne Ray, age 55, to 15 years … Continued
January 25, 2018

Muscle Shoals man pleads guilty to producing child pornography

By Staff Alabama Political Reporter A Colbert County man pleaded guilty to producing child pornography between 1997 and 1998. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Principle Deputy Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) Special Agent in Charge Ray Parmer made the announcement. Charles Mark McCormack, … Continued
November 28, 2017