Decatur City, Morgan County employees strive to keep residents safe during severe weather
âThe best thing is gonna be to stay vigilant. Itâs very easy to get complacent especially after thereâs been watches and warnings throughout the day,â said a Morgan County EMA Specialist.
Severe weather prep in Decatur By Madison Scarpino | May 4, 2021 at 7:37 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 7:37 PM
MORGAN CO., Ala. (WAFF) - Storm shelters across Morgan County strive to keep residents safe, such as the one located in Decatur City Hall.
Irene Cardenas-Martinez with the Decatur Police Department located in City Hall says the department wants people to have a safe place to stay during severe weather, so the department helped to provide that.
Man accused of torturing, killing 8-month-old allegedly beat pregnant girlfriend
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
Posted Feb 16, 2021
Cameron Almen Elliott, 22, of Decatur, faces capital murder, sexual torture, first degree marijuana possession and drug possession charges.
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By Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
An 8-month-old girl who police say was beaten and tortured by a Decatur man died Monday after brain activity ceased and she was taken off life support, according to the Morgan County coroner.
The girl had been in critical condition at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham since early Wednesday morning after Decatur police say she was assaulted late last Tuesday night by Cameron Almen Elliott, 22, 1839 Brownstone St. Elliott was initially charged with second-degree assault and various drug charges, and was being held in Morgan County Jail in lieu of $260,000 bail.
Unhandcuffed shooting suspect escapes; Decatur police identify wrong person on Facebook
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
By Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Eye contact between a defendant under police custody and his girlfriend in a hospital lobby followed by her carefully timed car maneuver led to his escape this month, police allege, and also resulted in a change to Decatur Police Department’s transport policy.
Mario Deshaun Kellogg, whose address is listed as being on Fifth Avenue Northwest in Decatur, was not handcuffed at the time of his escape, police spokeswoman Irene Cardenas-Martinez said Friday.
Police on Jan. 5 arrested Kellogg, 43, for allegedly shooting Richard Earl Ross in the right leg near 12th Avenue Northwest and Third Street. Kellogg and Antoine Scruggs were shooting at each other Dec. 29 at about 1:30 p.m., according to a witness statement, but police said Kellogg’s bullet instead hit Ross. Police s
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