March 24, 2026

Former Bayou La Batre Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Rape

By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

March 24, 2026

MOBILE COUNTY, AL. A former Bayou La Batre police officer has pleaded guilty to rape on Monday, March 23^rd, 2026.

William “BJ” Squires must register as a sex offender.

Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said that Squires pleaded guilty to second-degree rape as part of a plea deal in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old.

“This was done in very close consultation with the victim in the case. There were evidentiary hurdles that we had due to this being a late report, and it was many years later that the victim reported this. We have a duty to justice. That was done here. The defendant has taken accountability,” Blackwood said.

A judge sentenced Squires to 10 years in prison but suspended that sentence and gave Squires three years of probation.

The charges stemmed from complaints made two years ago involving allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girls while Squires was a Bayou La Batre police officer.

That same year, a grand jury indicted Squires on four felony counts in connection with the alleged rape of the 14-year-old that prosecutors say happened about 20 years ago: first- and second-degree rape, and first- and second-degree sexual abuse.

But because of the lengthy time between the incidents and the complaint prosecutors later dropped one of the sexual abuse counts.

Squires has been behind bars since last June, after a judge revoked his bond for violating bond conditions.

Blackwood says the DA’s office has a duty to protect victims, and in this case, they did not want to cause any further trauma by forcing the victim through a trial.
“We are thankful that the defendant will be a supervised sex offender. My hope is he will never be in law enforcement again,” Blackwood said.

Squires is a convicted sex offender and will never be allowed to work in law enforcement again.