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Rep. Palmer: Secret Service director should resign after Trump assassination attempt

Following questioning Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday, Palmer called for her to “resign immediately.”
July 23, 2024

Protestors deface Confederate monument in Birmingham

Angry protesters on Sunday tried to destroy a Confederate monument in Linn Park in Birmingham and successfully tore down a statue. The protesters defaced the Confederate monument, chipped away part of the concrete and pulled the wooden barrier off the base, according to WBRC Fox 6 in Birmingham. The protestors successfully pulled down a statue … Continued
June 1, 2020

Moody man sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for illegal gun possession, identity theft

Monday, a federal judge sentenced a Moody man for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Jay E. Town and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis. United States District Judge Liles Burke sentenced Greg Alan McDonald, age … Continued
November 26, 2019

Assisted living facility administrator indicted for fraud and embezzlement

Thursday, a four-count information was filed in U.S. District Court charging a former Oak Landing Assisted Living Facility employee with embezzling money and assets from a former resident at Oak Landing, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Special Agent in Charge Patrick M. Davis, United States Secret Service, Special Agent in Charge Rod Owens, Social … Continued
October 4, 2019

Felon pleads guilty to trying to purchase gun with counterfeit money

Wednesday, a Madison County man pleaded guilty today in federal court to being a convicted felon and trying to buy a pistol with counterfeit money. Montez Chebeir Martin, age 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon to one count of passing counterfeit obligations or securities and one count of being a convicted felon … Continued
June 21, 2018

After Waffle House shooting, Zeigler says we need to be able to defend ourselves

On Sunday, a naked man walked into a Nashville Waffle House restaurant with an AR-15 style weapon and killed four people until desperate customers disarmed the shooter using physical force. The shooter, 29-year-old Travis Reinking, then fled the scene. Alabama state Auditor Jim Zeigler pointed out that Waffle House is a “gun free zone” that … Continued
April 24, 2018

Two Shelby County residents plead guilty to conspiracy in pawn shop fencing ring

By Staff Alabama Political Reporter Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged two Shelby County residents with conspiring to operate a large-scale pawn shop fencing ring. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams announced that the federal government has charged Steve Randall Scott, 59, of Shelby County and … Continued
November 1, 2017

Byrne Comments on White House Colombian Prostitute Scandal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 9, U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R) from Alabama released a statement to Facebook about revelations that in 2012 a member of the White House staff was a participant in the Colombian prostitute scandal that left Secret Service and military men punished while his own role in … Continued
October 13, 2014