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Rainsville Police Department offering amnesty period during February
Rainsville Police Department offering new amnesty period By Stefante Randall | February 8, 2021 at 7:37 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 8:13 PM
RAINSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - In an effort to clean up old warrants, the Rainsville Police Department will be offering an amnesty period for the month of February.
Rainsville Police Chief Michael Edmondson completed an audit of the warrants on file.
He said, right now, there are 1,700 warrants in the database that need to be paid and served.
To help, the city approved amnesty only for the month of February to allow people to come in and pay up.
The Rainsville City Council on Monday approved to amend the 2020-21 budget following the approval of various changes and upgrades.
At the councilâs budget workshop last week, they heard an update from City Accountant Betty Holcombe, who informed the council the city had more revenues than what they had budgeted due majorly in part to the increase in gross receipts.
âWe held a budget workshop last Thursday night and we were able to increase our budget by about $45,000 because of some revenues and different things coming in,â said Councilman Arlan âMonkâ Blevins.
Blevins briefed the council on a few changes, including pay scale adjustments, revenue adjustment, increased budgeted costs and capital outlay related expenditures.
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A Rainsville woman was arrested after using a fake Facebook account in a recent scam.
Sabrina Gabriell Esloon, 28, used several aliases including Samantha Allen, Samantha Pleasant and Sabrina Gabrielle, to facilitate a scam where she required a $250 deposit and promised a puppy at a later date. After receiving the money, the account would be deleted and the buyer would be blocked.
The DeKalb County Sheriffâs Office and Rainsville Police Departments said they received complaints of Esloonâs scam and her activity spanned through DeKalb, Jackson and Marshall counties.
Warrants were obtained for Esloonâs arrest, and Code Enforcement and Animal Control Officer Sandy Little reported seeing Esloon last Friday traveling southbound on McCurdy Avenue in Rainsville. Det. Josh Wilson attempted to locate Esloon after she stopped at Kountry Korner in Shiloh where she locked herself in the bathroom. She eventually came out on her own free will, and was arrested by DSCO.