Leslie Gillespie, 44, was found dead in her home in Hillsboro, Alabama at around 11:30am on Saturday. She was facing felony sex crimes charges for alleged incidents involving two students.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill that law enforcement authorities say will help keep drug-impaired drivers off the road. The new law gives oral fluid (saliva) tests for drugs the same “implied consent” legal standing as the breath and blood tests used to detect alcohol after an arrest. Drivers arrested for DUI will be required to submit to the saliva test or lose their driving .
UPDATE: Dispute Over Officer-Involved Shooting Incident in Montgomery
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Gary Moncrief (right) – Contributed photo
Attorneys for a man who died during an incident involving Montgomery police last week are speaking out against the police department for what they say was the murder of an unarmed Black man. But Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and District Attorney Daryl Bailey say those attorneys are ignoring the facts of the case.
Gary Moncrief died Tuesday night, May 18, outside the Microtel hotel near exit 11 off Interstate 85 in Montgomery.
Attorneys Michael Strickland and Dewayne Brown were gathered with members of Moncrief’s family outside the Alabama Supreme Court building for a news conference, where they said Moncrief was the latest Black man in this country to die at the hands of police. They say he was unarmed when a Montgomery police officer shot and killed him as he sat inside the back seat of a car.
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In August, police in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tased Kendrell Watkins, a Black man in the midst of a mental health breakdown, as he fled naked down the street. Body camera footage shows they didn t know his name. (Courtesy of Eric Hall / Black Lives Matter Birmingham)
Police have killed at least 229 Black people out of a total 426 people of colour since former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on 25 May, 2020. Each case is different, but many share core similarities: quick encounters, for low-level infractions, met with deadly force, leaving families and communities with unanswered questions.
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Tevin Devante Griffin – Photo from Troy Police Dept.
Troy police say they have arrested 27-year-old Tevin Devante Griffin of Brundidge. Griffin is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Ca’Darious Varquez Starks.
Police say yesterday afternoon, they responded to a report of an unresponsive man at a home on Cactus Lane. When officers arrived, they say they found Starks dead inside the home.
During the investigation, police say they found that several shots had been fired into the home. Police think at least one of those shots hit and killed Starks. His body has been taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy.