Alabama sheriff’s gambling, drinking led to stealing, AG says
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By Jessica Barnett The News Courier, Athens, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
The attorney general’s office has added to their original argument against excluding evidence of Limestone Sheriff Mike Blakely’s gambling habits from their case, saying it’s relevant to many of the counts with which he’s been charged, records show.
The supplemental opposition to a motion filed by the defense was submitted last week because a new judge had been assigned and the original opposition and motion were more than a year old, according to state attorneys. Blakely’s defense attorney had filed a motion “to exclude any evidence of his ‘gambling and drinking practices’” under seal in January 2020, the supplement reads.
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Dec 29, 2020
2020 halted plenty of activities, but criminal activity wasn t one of them. From a busted bail-out to an Elk River retrieval and even a man choking on the meth bag he was trying to hide from cops, there were plenty of surprising and odd arrests in Limestone County this year.
In fact, it was only a few days into the year when a theft suspect was caught trying to smuggle drugs into Limestone County Jail. Joshua James Montgomery, 32, was arrested on a charge of first-degree theft of property in Athens, and after being taken by Athens Police to the county jail, a corrections officer noticed pills protruding from Montgomery s rectum.