the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency apprehended a woman, Genezza Packett, 22, who was traveling with her 1-year-old son, after abducting him from his custodial caregiver in Fall River, Mass.

Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Falon Hurst is a man with many hats. One of those hats just happens to be that of a beekeeper.

A Calhoun County judge sentenced a man who had recently been convicted of rape in the first degree to life in prison with the possibility of parole, with additional years for other violations, according to the 7th Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

 search warrant was obtained and law enforcement learned through cell phone data and other evidence recovered that the two had actually stolen several vehicles throughout Alabama, and could link them to other cases in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

Initially, the arrest warrant was vague on the dates that the incidents occurred. However, the DA’s office added that “after reviewing all of the evidence available, the grand jury issued indictments which included a date range of Jan. 1, 2020, to Jan. 6, 2023.”

Two separate police chase incidents have left Interstate 20 eastbound closed at mile marker 3 in Georgia since 3 a.m. Saturday according to law enforcement.  

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