June 30, 2026

Longtime Alabama Prosecutor Drowns on Logan Martin Lake

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

June 30, 2026

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala.

An Alabama state prosecutor reportedly drowned while serving as a spotter for the Pell City Sail Club during an ongoing sailboat race and his body recovered on Monday.

William R. “Bill” North, a well-known 64-year-old assistant district attorney in Jefferson County’s Bessemer Cutoff went into Logan Martin Lake during a sailboat race and did not resurface.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, North tried to transition from a sailboat to an unoccupied john boat when he went into the water.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to the area at around 3 p.m. Sunday near the Pell City Sail Club in St. Clair County, which is near the southern portion of Logan Martin Lake.

North’s body was recovered about 11:12 a.m. Monday, near the same location in which he entered the water on the southern portion of Logan Martin Lake in St. Clair County.

Multiple agencies assisted with search and recovery efforts, said ALEA Capt. Jeremy Burkett: Pell City Police Department, Pell City Fire Department, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln Special Operations Unit, New London Fire Department, Childersburg Rescue Squad, Munford Rescue Squad, ALEA’s Aviation Unit and ALEA Marine Patrol Troopers.

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