Courtroom Victories

Jesse Pettaway Jr. will continue to serve life sentence for 1981 rape

MONTGOMERY –  Mattie Cumbie* was 67 years old and living in Fairhope in 1981when a man she knew and trusted changed her world forever: Jesse… Continue reading

Sex offender guilty of moving without notifying police

Jesse Wayne Dixon, 48, Spanish Fort, was convicted by a jury February 1 of violation of the Community Notification Act. Dixon, a registered sex offender… Continue reading

Anthony Taylor guilty of assaulting police officer

Anthony Lee Taylor, 27, of Bon Secour, recently was convicted of second-degree assault during a 2009 incident where he dragged a Foley police officer with… Continue reading

Review docket makes parents pay up on delinquent child support

Child Support Division Director Andrea Chastang and Assistant District Attorney Ray Kolb report collecting $16,254 in a single day on the review docket. The review… Continue reading

Derrick Myles guilty of burglary and criminal mischief

Derrick Centell Myles, 25, Prichard, pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary and criminal mischief for using a van stolen from a daycare in Mobile to shatter… Continue reading

Ronnie Boston guilty of obstruction of justice with false ID

Ronnie Eugene Boston, 41, Stockton, pleaded guilty of obstruction of justice by presenting a false identification to a Fairhope police officer. He was sentenced 10… Continue reading

Terance Campbell guilty of first-degree assault on Spanish Fort police officer

Terance Deymone Campbell, 40, Mobile, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault for ramming an occupied Spanish Fort police car. Police said Campbell had been shoplifting and… Continue reading

Lester McMichael guilty of assaulting a police officer

Lester Henry McMichael III, 46, Foley, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault for scuffling with an arresting officer following a brawl outside the Jubilee Lounge in… Continue reading

Jason Linville guilty of second-degree assault

Jason Bennette Linville, 34, Daphne, pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree assault stemming from a 2011 attack on his friend with a whiskey bottle,… Continue reading

Michael Hoover sentenced to 20 years for receiving stolen property

Michael Anthony Hoover, 26, Summerdale, was sentenced under the Habitual Offender Act to serve not less than 20 years in prison for receiving stolen property.… Continue reading