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Mobile police tell us the kids' mom went inside Discount Cell Phones on Hwy 90 and left her one and two year old in the car, with the engine running. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/car_stolen_with_two_kids_in_the_backseat/504199/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:31:07 +0000 30.593038266782365 -88.17124843597412 http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/police_to_tear_down_walls_of_rapists_home/504108/Nov-04-2009_5-29-pm/
Convicted Rapist Denied Bail on Five Murder Charges; 11 Corpses Were Found in and Around His Cleveland House.. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/police_to_tear_down_walls_of_rapists_home/504108/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:56:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/store_owners_fed_up_with_crime/504104/Nov-04-2009_5-21-pm/
An Eight Mile convenience store is robbed at gunpoint for the sixth time in two years. The store's owners are fed up. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/store_owners_fed_up_with_crime/504104/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:17:57 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/billings_autopsy_reports_released/503909/Nov-04-2009_2-48-pm/
The Florida State Attorney's office has released the autopsy reports on Byrd and Melanie Billings who were killed July 9th at their home in Beulah. Click here to read the reports ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/billings_autopsy_reports_released/503909/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/too_fat_to_kill/503810/Nov-04-2009_1-58-pm/
Edward Ates claims he was too fat and didn't have the energy to shoot his former son-in-law and make a quick getaway. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/too_fat_to_kill/503810/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man_under_house_arrest_running_meth_lab_at_a_home_daycare/503741/Nov-04-2009_3-42-pm/
Police say Mark Sumrall was running a meth lab in his parents' house which doubled as a daycare for kids. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man_under_house_arrest_running_meth_lab_at_a_home_daycare/503741/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:23:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/former_gulf_shores_cop_pleads_guilty_in_child_porn_case/503398/Nov-04-2009_9-04-am/
Scott Yancey pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography for the second time in 11 years. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/former_gulf_shores_cop_pleads_guilty_in_child_porn_case/503398/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/police_looking_for_a_pair_of_bold_beer_bandits/502088/Nov-03-2009_7-41-pm/
CAUGHT ON CAMERA Mobile police say a woman stuffed a six pack in her purse and a man walked out the door with four cases. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/police_looking_for_a_pair_of_bold_beer_bandits/502088/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:41:49 +0000 30.702434647871943 -88.22416305541992 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/families_hit_by_international_scam/501838/Nov-03-2009_7-15-pm/
Two Baldwin County families have been wiped out financially by an international lottery scam. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/families_hit_by_international_scam/501838/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/missing_pregnant_womans_body_found/501837/Nov-03-2009_5-30-pm/
BREAKING NEWS People on a wave runner spotted the body of 25-year-old Samira Watkins' body on the banks of Bayou Grande near Pensacola. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/missing_pregnant_womans_body_found/501837/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:35:56 +0000 30.374615363981352 -87.28483200073242 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/inmate_dies_after_27_years_on_death_row/501650/Nov-03-2009_2-50-pm/
David Nelson was convicted of killing a man on New Years Day in 1978 and a cab driver the night before. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/inmate_dies_after_27_years_on_death_row/501650/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:49:15 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/buzbee_i_want_justice_for_wilson_family/500743/Nov-03-2009_7-51-am/
Three days after being aquitted of capital murder, Eric Buzbee adjusting to freedom, life as a free man ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/buzbee_i_want_justice_for_wilson_family/500743/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:37:04 +0000 30.678077624205258 -87.89886474609375 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/son-in-law-charged-with-soldiers-murder/500604/Nov-02-2009_5-34-pm/
The son-in-law of a Saraland soldier, who was found dead in his home, is charged with his murder. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/son-in-law-charged-with-soldiers-murder/500604/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:08:59 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/woman-carjacked-at-church/500569/Nov-02-2009_5-09-pm/
Mobile police say a teenager demanded the woman's keys. When she threw them to the ground, he hit her in the head with the butt of a .22 caliber rifle. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/woman-carjacked-at-church/500569/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:05:33 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/shoplifter-tries-to-stab-loss-prevention-officer/500568/Nov-02-2009_2-33-pm/
Mobile police say 61-year-old Sylvester Singleton shoplifted from the Home Depot on Montlimar Drive and then pulled out a knife when he was stopped by a loss prevention officer. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/shoplifter-tries-to-stab-loss-prevention-officer/500568/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:33:07 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/man-accused-of-killing-his-father-in-law/500420/Nov-02-2009_4-12-pm/
31-year-old John Pope, Jr. is being held on a $1 million dollar bond in the Baldwin County Jail for a probation violation. He will be charged with murder in Mobile. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/man-accused-of-killing-his-father-in-law/500420/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:52:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/student-who-had-sex-with-teacher-suing-school-district/500356/Nov-02-2009_9-57-am/
The lawsuit alleges the school didn't properly investigate Jaymee Wallace before her hiring and didn't immediately tell the girl's parents when it discovered the relationship. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/student-who-had-sex-with-teacher-suing-school-district/500356/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:57:11 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/teacher-accused-of-stealing-thousands-in-food-stamps/497249/Oct-31-2009_7-06-pm/
A Mobile County public school teacher is accused of bilking the state out of about $12,000 in food stamps. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/teacher-accused-of-stealing-thousands-in-food-stamps/497249/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:04:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/eric-buzbee-says-hes-relieved/494987/Oct-30-2009_8-39-pm/
Buzbee talks with News Five after being found not guilty in death of a Spanish Fort gas station owner. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/eric-buzbee-says-hes-relieved/494987/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:13:15 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/eric-buzbee-not-guilty/494915/Oct-30-2009_7-38-pm/
Eric Buzbee aquitted of capital murder after Baldwin County jury deliberates for about four hours ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/eric-buzbee-not-guilty/494915/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:53:31 +0000 30.885726447651578 -87.7752685546875 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/u.s.-marshals-catch-man-wanted-for-14-year-old-double-murder/494779/Oct-30-2009_5-30-pm/
Charles Tooley is accused of badly beating three people and then leaving them in a building that he set on fire. Two of them died. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/u.s.-marshals-catch-man-wanted-for-14-year-old-double-murder/494779/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:57:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/prichard-bust-trick-or-treat/494780/Nov-02-2009_9-48-am/
Prichard police hoped to lure in a few dozen suspects with the promise of free money, but only a few showed up. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/prichard-bust-trick-or-treat/494780/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:05:20 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/roto-rooters-legal-troubles-will-not-go-down-the-drain/494252/Oct-30-2009_12-41-pm/
Two top executives of a Mobile Roto-Rooter franchise have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly dumping thousands of gallons of waste grease and oil into sewers. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/roto-rooters-legal-troubles-will-not-go-down-the-drain/494252/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:40:24 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/copper-thief-caught-in-the-act/494162/Oct-30-2009_11-24-am/
Police caught Joseph Jasper at the Mobile Convention Center, not long after they say he stole nearly 6,000 feet of copper wire from the roof of the building. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/copper-thief-caught-in-the-act/494162/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:24:34 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/woman-brings-knife-to-a-gun-fight/494078/Oct-30-2009_10-54-am/
Mobile police say Terry Guidy tried to rob a laundromat with a knife, but the owner pulled out her gun and Guidry took off. She ended up robbing a dollar store later the same day. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/woman-brings-knife-to-a-gun-fight/494078/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:52:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/verdict-watch-eric-buzbee-murder-trial/493997/Oct-30-2009_12-47-pm/
BREAKING NEWS Jury finds Eric Buzbee not guilty of murder for the 2007 death of Spanish Fort service station owner Bobby Wilson. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/verdict-watch-eric-buzbee-murder-trial/493997/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/closing-arguments-in-buzbee-trial/492162/Oct-29-2009_4-38-pm/
Attorneys wrap up closing arguments in high profile, Buzbee capital murder trial ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/closing-arguments-in-buzbee-trial/492162/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:38:41 +0000 30.878654895778272 -87.77664184570312 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/two-robberies-caught-on-tape/492078/Oct-29-2009_3-29-pm/
Mobile Police hope you will recognize the men responsible for two separate holdups ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/two-robberies-caught-on-tape/492078/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:46 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mardi_gras/article/man-im-too-fat-to-have-killed-son-in-law/488874/Oct-28-2009_2-32-pm/
A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mardi_gras/article/man-im-too-fat-to-have-killed-son-in-law/488874/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/ag-pledges-legal-help-in-thomas-case/488796/Oct-28-2009_2-07-pm/
Attorney General Troy King is offering legal resources to assist District Attorney John Tyson with post trial motions in the Herman Thomas sex abuse case. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/ag-pledges-legal-help-in-thomas-case/488796/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:27:55 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tyson-to-file-motions-in-thomas-case/486686/Oct-27-2009_10-30-pm/
This after talking to three jurors in the case. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tyson-to-file-motions-in-thomas-case/486686/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:32:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/burglar-killed-while-trying-to-break-into-home/486340/Oct-27-2009_11-45-pm/
BREAKING NEWS Mobile police say a would-be burglar is shot dead while trying to break into a home. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/burglar-killed-while-trying-to-break-into-home/486340/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:32:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/caught_on_camera/article/caught-on-camera-lawmaker-falls-down-during-dui-arrest/486062/Oct-27-2009_5-26-pm/
Police believe the lawmaker was high on prescription drugs when he stopped in the middle of a road and then swerved across both lanes of traffic. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/caught_on_camera/article/caught-on-camera-lawmaker-falls-down-during-dui-arrest/486062/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:25:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/my-momma-aint-raise-no-robber/485911/Oct-27-2009_4-56-pm/
MUST SEE VIDEO Police say Carlos Walker robbed two Leinkauf Elementary School workers. But Walker claims he was home alseep at the time of the robbery. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/my-momma-aint-raise-no-robber/485911/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:37:13 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/jurors-dispute-verdict-in-herman-thomas-trial/485180/Oct-27-2009_5-44-pm/
BREAKING NEWS Three jurors in the Herman Thomas sex abuse trial told District Attorney John Tyson there was not a unanimous vote on the verdict. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/jurors-dispute-verdict-in-herman-thomas-trial/485180/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:05:08 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/convicted-sniper-will-die-by-lethal-injection/485031/Oct-27-2009_10-20-am/
John Allen Muhammad declined to choose between lethal injection and electrocution, so under state law the method defaults to lethal injection. Muhammahd killed 10 people in four states, including Alabama. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/convicted-sniper-will-die-by-lethal-injection/485031/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:09 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/big-snake-seized-from-crestview-home/482835/Oct-26-2009_6-17-pm/
Florida Fish and Wildlife authorities removed 11-foot, 100 pound python from Crestview home...owner charged ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/big-snake-seized-from-crestview-home/482835/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:01:08 +0000 30.774878871959746 -86.56402587890625 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/cops-catch-carjacking-suspect/482189/Oct-26-2009_11-27-am/
Mobile police say Christopher Jackson carjacked a woman in her driveway. The car was recovered about two weeks later. Jackson was arrested over the weekend. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/cops-catch-carjacking-suspect/482189/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:26:54 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/11-foot-long-100-pound-burmese-python-seized-from-home/481890/Oct-26-2009_10-30-am/
Police say there was no cage for the snake, but there were mattresses on the floor, along with the clothing of small children. "With a snake that size, that’s just a disaster waiting to happen.” ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/11-foot-long-100-pound-burmese-python-seized-from-home/481890/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:44:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-sex-trial-verdict-watch1/481643/Oct-27-2009_8-21-am/
Jury finds Herman Thomas him not guilty on 7 of 21 charges. The judge then found him not guilty on the remaining 14 based on lack of evidence. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-sex-trial-verdict-watch1/481643/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:04:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/shots-fired-near-county-fair/475588/Oct-24-2009_7-11-pm/
Pascagoula police say someone fired five shots near the Jackson County Fair during a "Midnight Madness" event. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/shots-fired-near-county-fair/475588/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:53:33 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/police-identify-officers-in-shooting/475310/Oct-24-2009_1-02-pm/
Mobile police have released the names of two officers who fatally shot a rape suspect at his home. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/police-identify-officers-in-shooting/475310/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:52:20 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/downtown-pensacola-shooting/475174/Oct-24-2009_12-05-pm/
Pensacola police say a woman is shot while sitting in a car in downtown Pensacola. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/downtown-pensacola-shooting/475174/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:36:38 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/war-on-meth-face2face/472261/Oct-23-2009_5-21-pm/
Mobile Sheriff unveils a new computer program to help show the devastating effects of methamphetamine. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/war-on-meth-face2face/472261/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:49:09 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/bar-patron-shot-killed-during-robbery/471434/Oct-23-2009_3-14-pm/
Police say two black males walked into the Oakcrest Lounge on Fairfield Drive in Pensacola around 1:30 Friday morning, emptied the cash register and shot a customer. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/bar-patron-shot-killed-during-robbery/471434/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:03:26 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/sex-offenders-not-suspects-in-little-girls-murder/471352/Oct-23-2009_9-48-am/
7-year-old Somer Thompson's body was found Wednesday in a landfill. She vanished while walking home from school on Monday. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/sex-offenders-not-suspects-in-little-girls-murder/471352/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:47:13 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-sex-trial-verdict-watch/471196/Oct-23-2009_5-34-pm/
Jurors left at 5:00 p.m. without reaching a verdict. They will resume deliberations Monday at 9:00 a.m. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-sex-trial-verdict-watch/471196/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:28:09 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/autopsy-finished-in-saraland-homicide-case/469907/Oct-23-2009_9-40-am/
Family members identify the victim as 57 year old Anthony Embley, Sr. They said he was an active member of the U.S. Army and National Guard. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/autopsy-finished-in-saraland-homicide-case/469907/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:59:09 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-guilty-or-not-guilty/469243/Oct-22-2009_4-28-pm/
We won't know what the jury thinks until at least Friday. But what do people in the community think about the former judge's guilt or innocence? ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-guilty-or-not-guilty/469243/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:35:31 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-sex-trial-in-the-hands-of-the-jury/469242/Oct-22-2009_4-30-pm/
During closing arguments, Thomas' attorney compared testimony about paddling and sexual abuse to fairy tales saying a frog doesn't turn into a prince and a person with a good reputation doesn't turn into a sex predator at night. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/herman-thomas-sex-trial-in-the-hands-of-the-jury/469242/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:56:43 +0000