Governor Offers Reward for Help with I-20 Attempted Murder Case
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Curtis Michael Henchel, a husband and father of two young children, was driving down I-20/59 on Oct. 9, 2020, on their way to Texas to visit relatives. The family was passing mile marker 96 in Tuscaloosa County when a vehicle pulled up next to theirs and began firing rounds into their 2007 GMC Yukon. Henchel, the driver, was hit in the back with multiple bullets, leaving him paralyzed from his torso down. Amazingly, the father was able to maintain control of the vehicle, shift it into neutral, and control the vehicle until it stopped, Captain Jack Kennedy, commander of the multi-agency Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes unit, said in an email. The family had no interactions with any vehicles or other persons that would have provoked this encounter.
Police make arrest for December robbery of Tuscaloosa credit union Robbery suspect at Alabama Credit Union (Source: Northport Police Department) By WBRC Staff | December 21, 2020 at 5:47 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 10:12 AM
NORTHPORT, Ala. (WBRC) - Police have a suspect in custody for a robbery in December of a Tuscaloosa credit union.
Northport police obtained a warrant for 42-year-old Michael Kelvin Thomas for the robbery of an Alabama One Credit Union on Monday, December 21 at 2:49 p.m. He has been charged with first-degree robbery. Michael Thomas is charged with first-degree robbery. (Source: Northport PD)
Officers with Northport Police Dept. and Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to the scene of the credit union on McFarland Blvd. According to police reports, a white male entered the facility and passed a note to a teller. He then fled the scene on foot with an underdetermined amount of money.
Governor authorizes reward in October shooting on I-20/59 that left driver paralyzed (Source: Raycom images) By WBRC Staff | December 22, 2020 at 4:13 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 4:18 PM
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Governor Kay Ivey signed a proclamation Tuesday authorizing a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s) who shot at a moving vehicle on I-20/59 back in October, hitting the male driver leaving him paralyzed.
While gunfire narrowly missed the driver’s wife and their children, the driver was was hit in the back and was immediately paralyzed. Miraculously, he was able to shift the vehicle into neutral and maintained control of it until it stopped.
BREAKING: Manhunt Underway After Northport Bank Robbery
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A manhunt is underway after a man allegedly robbed the Alabama One Credit Union off of McFarland Boulevard in Northport.
According to Keith Carpenter, Assistant Chief of the Northport Police Department, the robbery occurred at 2:49 p.m. on Monday and the suspect left the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police are searching for a white male wearing a black cap with a light bill, a red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.
Northport Police are working the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff s Office and federal law enforcement officers may assist if necessary.
A group of citizens who say they are concerned about the COVID-19 situation at the Tuscaloosa County Jail marched Saturday with handmade signs and a list of demands for openness from the Sheriff s Office.
The protest, held outside the county courthouse and the adjacent Sheriff s Office, comes nearly a month after the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff s Office, claiming the sheriff had not complied with the Alabama Open Records Act.
The lawsuit asks the court to compel Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy to respond to the SPLC s public records request, submitted in late July, and the law center s multiple follow-up attempts to gain information. The public records request seeks information about the number of COVID-19 tests administered at the county jail, the number of positive cases, and the housing or cell assignment changes that have been made to further prevent the spread of COVID-19.