Hanceville mayor indicted for misusing office
The longtime mayor of Hanceville, a former police officer, was indicted on 15 counts of using his office for personal gain.
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Correctional officer arrested, charged with using office for personal gain
Rickey Cunningham was arrested by the ADOC's Law Enforcement Services Division at Donaldson Correctional Facility.
Limestone judge indicted on theft, abuse of office charges
The Alabama Attorney General’s office on Thursday announced the indictment of Limestone County Circuit Judge Douglas Lee Patterson on three felony charges that he used his office for personal gain. Patterson, 37, was arrested Thursday morning by agents with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office following indictments by a Limestone County special grand jury, according … Continued
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See recent postsWill the Alabama Supreme Court do for Mike Hubbard what no one else would?
The most worthless oral arguments in legal history will occur Tuesday in front of the Alabama Supreme Court. That’s when attorneys representing former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard will once again argue that he didn’t break the law because the laws were wrong. And the state will once again point out that Hubbard’s the one … Continued
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See recent postsOn controversial legislation, there are a couple of Republicans to trust
From an ethical point of view, the Alabama Republican Party has endured a tough run the last few years. There have been at least eight arrests of party leaders and high-ranking ALGOP lawmakers. The Speaker of the House, the governor, the majority leader — they all went down for ethics crimes primarily related to using … Continued
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An initial analysis of Senate Bill 230, which repeals and replaces sections of the Alabama Ethics Act as adopted in the 2010 special legislative session, finds that it makes two radical changes. First, it removes the section of code that governs using a public office for personal gain, and secondly, it essentially turns the Alabama … Continued
Some charges dropped against Trey Glenn, Scott Phillips
Several ethics charges against former Alabama Environmental Management Commissioner Scott Phillips and former U.S. EPA Administrator Trey Glenn have been dropped in a new superseding indictment filed Monday. With the new superseding indictment, which was signed by a grand jury Friday, Phillips and Glenn are both facing fewer ethics charges in total than they faced in the … Continued
Southeast EPA director, former AEMC commissioner indicted on ethics charges
Trey Glenn, the EPA’s Southeast administrator, and Scott Phillips, a former Alabama Environmental Management commissioner, have been indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on multiple felony ethics charges. The grand jury returned indictments against the two on Nov. 9, according to a statement from the Ethics Commission. Phillips was charged on multiple counts of violating … Continued
Want to know why Mike Hubbard still isn’t in prison?
Mike Hubbard probably isn’t going to jail anytime soon. The former Alabama House Speaker who was convicted on 12 counts of misusing his office for personal gain, and who recently had the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals uphold 11 of those convictions, remains free on an appeals bond. While most other convicted felons find themselves … Continued
Feds may be least of “Bad Jack’s” worries
There are two members of the Alabama House of Representatives who go by the name Jack; one is Vestavia Hills Republican Jack “J.D.” Williams, AKA “Bad Jack” among his colleagues, and then there is Wilmer Republican lawmaker Jack W. Williams called “Good Jack.” Earlier this week, Bad Jack Williams was indicted on federal conspiracy charges. … Continued