A Gallant man was arrested Friday in connection with a burglary last month at a home under construction, according to Etowah County Sheriff Jonathon Horton.
Gregory Dakota Bright, 33, was charged with third-degree burglary, a felony, and fourth-degree theft, a misdemeanor, Capt. Robin Grant said.
He is accused of burglarizing a house that was under construction on Sumatanga Road in the Gallant community on Jan. 17. A generator and tools were taken from the unoccupied house, Grant said, and most of the items taken have been returned to the victim following a confession from Bright.
Bright was released from the Etowah County Detention Center on bonds totaling $3,500.
Etowah County school resource officers will have additional weapons safely stored at closer reach after the sheriff s office purchased 15 gun safes for SRO offices.
Sheriff Jonathon Horton said the purchases will allow the officers to have a long gun secured in a gun safe inside the school, should a threat present itself. School resource officers are trained to go toward the threat, Horton said in a press release. If the SRO needs his/her long gun, they are at a severe disadvantage by it being outside in the vehicle.
There are disadvantages as well with such a weapon being outside in a vehicle even when it is locked away, Horton said because of the possibility of theft. With the gun safes, the weapon will be where the deputy is, keeping both the gun and the school population safer.
A Huntsville man remains in the Etowah County Detention Center in connection with an apparent homicide and alleged kidnapping Monday in East Gadsden.
Gadsden Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Marcus Hill said the incident on East Broad Street is under investigation, and did not identify the man found dead Monday at the Empowerment Center in the 900 block of East Broad Street in an incident first reported to Calhoun County authorities.
Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade said a panicked call led to the discovery of the victim in Gadsden and, after a chase, to the arrest of Terry Leon Moore, 31.
Etowah County investigators charged an Altoona man Saturday with the murder of his girlfriend on Christmas Eve, according to Sheriff Jonathon Horton.
Ace Antonio Pierre Belcher, 32, was charged with murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of Traci Melvin Wilemon, 50. Belcher had been jailed since early Friday morning.
According to Horton, Belcher called 911 at 7:58 p.m. Thursday reporting he d found Wilemon unresponsive on the floor of their residence on 10th Street in Altoona.
Altoona police arrived first and found Wilemon dead at the scene. Chief Eric Doran called the sheriff s office to investigate, Horton said in a press release, because of unusual circumstances found at the scene.
Altoona man arrested, charged for killing girlfriend on Christmas Eve 32-year-old Ace Antonio Pierre Belcher (Source: Etowah Co. Sheriff s office) By WBRC Staff | December 27, 2020 at 5:12 PM CST - Updated December 27 at 5:12 PM
ETOWAH CO., Ala. (WBRC) - The Etowah Co. Sherriff’s Office arrested a man early Christmas morning for the death of his girlfriend.
According to authorities, 32-year-old Ace Antonio Pierre Belcher called 911 around 8:00 p.m. Christmas Eve, reporting he had found his girlfriend unresponsive on the floor of their home on 10th St in Altoona.
Altoona Police arrived at the scene to find a deceased woman identified as 50-year-old Tracy Melvin Wilemon. Upon processing the scene investigators noticed unusual circumstances and requested assistance of the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office.