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Sheriff's investigators say it's the first drug case of this kind they've seen in Marshall County.
Testimony in the capital murder trial of Jeff McKelvey continued on Monday. McKelvey is accused in the deaths of Denie and Pam Tucker in their Sand Mountain home in 2015.
Three women who said they spent time with Jeff McKelvey and Henry Pyle in the weeks following the murders of Denie and Pam Tucker testified Wednesday morning in McKelvey’s capital murder trial.
Samuel Bernard Greenwood, 61, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and felony drug paraphernalia first offense by the Guntersville Police Department. He was arrested by patrolman Jesse Cunningham on Lindsey Lane.
Testimony continued in the capital murder trial of Jeff McKelvey, accused in the deaths of Denie and Pam Tucker in their home in 2015.
A Guntersville man will spend 24 months on probation after entering a guilty plea on misdemeanor aggravated criminal surveillance charges.
The capital murder trial of Jeffrey McKelvey began Thursday morning in the Marshall County Courthouse in Guntersville. McKelvey is charged with five counts of capital murder in the deaths of Denie and Pam Tucker in their home near the Asbury community.
James Edward Griffin, 50, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Griffin had apparently moved to a George Wallace Drive address in Albertville without making the proper notifications in Tennessee or in Alabama.
The following people were arrested on charges of driving under the influence:
The first capital trial in Marshall County since 2012 is scheduled to start Monday. Jeff McKelvey is charged with killing Denie and Pam Tucker in their home on Pea Ridge Road near Asbury during a robbery.
The Drug Unit has charged Robert Lewayne Moore of Guntersville with trafficking in meth.
The Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit has charged Henry Lewis "Coach" Howell Jr. with trafficking in fentanyl and other drug charges.
On July 31, Marshall County sheriff's deputies went to Sorter Road in Guntersville to complete a sex offender verification request, assistant chief deputy Steve Guthrie said.
Robin Simmons of Sand Mountain pled guilty this week to child abuse, assistant district attorney Tim Jolley said.
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The capital murder trial of Jeff McKelvey is scheduled to begin Aug. 12 in Criminal Court in Guntersville. It will be the first capital trial in Marshall County since 2012, when Jessie Phillips was convicted of the 2009 shooting deaths of his wife and their unborn child in a carwash at Warrenton.
An Albertville man has been charged with possession of meth by sheriff's deputies.
A pretty large manhunt took place in the Alder Springs area Monday.
Earlier this month, Deputy Gage Wilson stopped a car on Cochran Road and Highway 75 in Albertville.
A Grant man has been charged with possession of crystal meth.
On July 9, Marshall County deputies found Delores Reshell Cox of Chattanooga, Tennessee, passed out in a vehicle on Hwy. 79 N, assistant chief deputy Steve Guthrie said.
Former Alabama Attorney General Charlie Graddick was named to head the Alabama Parole Board the day before the one-year anniversary of Guntersville’s July 13 triple homicide case, WHNT TV reported.
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The one-year anniversary of the triple homicides on Guntersville’s Mulberry Street was last Saturday.
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It was a year ago last weekend that Guntersville Police discovered the bodies of 74-year-old Marie Kitchens Martin, her 7-year-old grandson Colton Lee in her home at 2402 Mulberry Street, behind Burger King, then the body of her neighbor, Martha Reliford, 65.
Marshall Count sheriff’s deputies arrested April Nichole White of Albertville on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana 1st and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (meth), according to assistant chief deputy Steve Guthrie. This case was made with the assistance of Alabama Stat…
David Guinn Bush, 71, was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol. According to the police report, Bush was arrested by Patrolman Ken Bubbett. The arrest took place on the Warrenton Causeway after he was involved in an accident.
Christopher Ray Kelley, 31, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, felony assault 2nd – assault on a police officer, misdemeanor attempting to elude a police officer, misdemeanor resisting arrest, misdemeanor tampering with physical evidence and misdemeanor drug paraph…
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He was just 17 years old when he shot and mortally wounded Albertville police investigator Andy Whitten in 1995.
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Four state helicopters flew their annual marijuana eradication missions in Marshall County this week, according to Marshall County Drug Task Force commander John Siggers.
A Guntersville man has been charged with 2 counts of distribution of methamphetamine, according to a Guntersville Police spokesman.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested the same man on drug charges twice just 3 days apart, assistant chief deputy Steve Guthrie said.
A Gadsden man wanted on heroin trafficking charges ended up fleeing from Albertville down Highway 431 into Guntersville, through the Foodland parking lot, down Hardin Road and onto Lindsey Lane.
Rocky Stephen “Bubba” Frazier Jr., 39, has been charged with felony assault and shooting into an unoccupied vehicle.
Sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 has been charged to James Dorsett, 67. He was arrested on a grand jury indictment. He made a $30,000 bond and was released from the county jail.
A Sand Mountain man has been charged with trafficking in meth and 2 other people were arrested on other charges following a joint operation involving several law enforcement agencies late last week.
Two people were arrested on Monday, June 17, in Grant on drug charges.
Michael L. Hill, 24, has pled guilty to breaking and entering a motor vehicle.
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Nevaeh & Co. has opened on Gunter Ave. just two doors down from Errol Allen Park. Owner Mindy Anthony envisioned a place to find goods from multiple vendors in a boutique setting. Her main goal was to provide quality products at affordable prices.
A $1.5 million bond has been set in the drug case against James Verdel Evans.
A yearlong investigation involving the Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit and the FBI's Safe Streets Task Force has landed a Marshall County man in jail, according to assistant chief deputy Steve Guthrie.
John Raymond Skaggs, 27, was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and felony possession of marijuana.
The call came into the Guntersville Police Department that a man was passed out in his car with a gun next to his leg at the Marathon gas station on Highway 69.
A former Marshall County Circuit Clerk bookkeeper from Union Grove has pled guilty in federal court to one count of “theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.”
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Working in a joint operation over the last 5 months, the Sheriff’s Office, Marshall County Department of Human Resources and Marshall County Child Advocacy Center worked together on several sex and abuse related cases.
It was a crime spree that started in Alabama and ended in Louisiana.
The following were arrested by the Guntersville Police Department:
A joint investigation by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, Alabama Department of Human Resources and the Marshall County Child Advocacy Center led to the arrest of Larry Austin Reed of Grant on charges of rape 2nd degree, sodomy 2nd degree and sex with a foster child.
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Sheriff Phil Sims and his staff have been making a strong effort for the last few months to stem the tide on contraband into the county jail.
The ATF and other police agencies had a round-up last week of people accused of gun crimes.
The Alabama Senate made national news this week over a proposed bill that would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion in the state of Alabama.
Deputies arrested a Gadsden man in Guntersville on charges of having a stolen AR rifle.
Former state legislator Ed Henry has been sentenced to two years of probation for his role in a healthcare fraud case.
