From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM The Birmingham Police Department reports an arrest has been made in the homicide of 20-year-old Destiny Washington.
Washington was shot at the Hill University Center located on the campus of UAB, according to police. Washington was then driven to Children’s Hospital of Alabama by way of private vehicle where she was later pronounced deceased.
The suspect has been identified as 22-year-old Carlos Londarrius Stephens, of Alabaster, Alabama.
Stephens was taken into custody after turning himself in on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, police said.
Detectives presented the case to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office and obtained a capital murder warrant for the death of Washington.
From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM According to the Birmingham Police Department, the domestic-related homicide investigation of Derick Williams has been reclassified as a justified death investigation.
Authorities say investigators presented the homicide case to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office for review and their assessment has ruled the actions justifiable.
Williams, 40, was one of two people killed in a Birmingham apartment complex shooting on Nov. 10, 2020.
A news release from BPD says north precinct officers responded to a call of four people shot at 1024 12
th Street North in Birmingham a little after 11 a.m. that Tuesday morning. Upon arrival, officers found Williams lying unresponsive on the sidewalk outside the apartment. They later discovered Loretta Frazier, 65, unresponsive inside the apartment. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Beaumont doctor s license suspended after being arrested with 20 others in October anti-human trafficking bust
The Texas Medical Board said allowing Dr. Sadiq Ali to practice medicine would pose a threat to public welfare after he was charged with underage prostitution. Author: Eleanor Skelton Updated: 4:09 PM CST December 18, 2020
BEAUMONT, Texas One of two doctors arrested in an October anti-human trafficking bust in Beaumont has been barred from practicing medicine.
The Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended Dr. Sadiq Ali s license without notice effective immediately Friday, Dec. 18, spokesperson Jarrett Schneider said in a news release.
The decision came after the board learned Beaumont Police arrested Dr. Ali and charged him with prostitution with someone under 18 years old, which is a second degree felony.
New sentencing extensions for JeffCo inmates during pandemic draw criticism
More than 200 inmates at Jefferson County Jail are looking at a longer sentence after Jefferson County Sheriff s Office leaders re-evaluated the sentencing system over the summer and made changes.
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The person involved in a shootout with Wisconsin State Patrol officers last week in Fort Atkinson was believed to have been a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred in Monona earlier that day.
The driver, Joseph R. Crawford, 23, died of multiple gunshot wounds after State Patrol troopers attempted to stop two suspects in a vehicle in Johnson Creek on Dec. 9 that led to a chase and gunfire, according to the Department of Justice, which is handling the investigation along with the Division of Criminal Investigation.
The DOJ said the troopers were not aware of the bank robbery investigation when they attempted the traffic stop. The investigation of the bank robbery is being led by the Monona Police Department and the FBI.