A person wanted by the Mobile Police Department for a shooting that occurred during the Joe Cain Day shooting on Dauphin Street, on February 15th, 2026 has been arrested the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department.
MCSO investigators were able to locate and arrest DEVON DEANGELOS JEFFERY following a traffic stop at Snow and Moffett Road on Tuesday, February 25, 2026. The arrest was conducted without incident.
Police said that Jeffrey currently has five warrants for Assault 1st Degree.
The suspect was transported to the Mobile Metro Jail where the Mobile Police Department has now taken over the case.
This investigation is still ongoing, and no additional information will be released at this time.
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MOBILE, AL. Two people have been arrested in a theft that occurred at the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center.
On Friday, February 20, 2026, at approximately 4:30 p.m., officers responded to 5 Mobile Infirmary Boulevard, in reference to a theft of hospital property.
Upon arrival, officers met with the complainant, who advised that a known individual had removed thirty-two (32) iPhone 16s from their Data Center.
The complainant was able to ping the phones to locate it.
A detective responded to the location and located the suspects.
Lakisha Hallum-Rogers, 45, and Jermani Rogers, 19, were arrested and transported to Metro Jail.
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BILOXI, MS. The Gulf Coast of Mississippi has still not fully recovered from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, more than twenty years ago.
Hotels and other businesses have struggled to come back but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the sudden construction boom throughout the area including along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Currently several subdivisions and at least eight hotel projects are currently moving through the approval process in Biloxi, according to the city’s community development director.
And you can see various construction projects underway throughout the area.
Jerry Creel, who serves as Biloxi Planning Commission director, said the projects are at various stages of development.
“We’re working on eight hotels right now that are going through the process,” Creel said. “Some of them have not been to DRC yet.”
Recently, while in the area, I noticed a new hotel going up near a new restaurant.
Two of the projects that Creel mentioned are located at the Fill-up with Billups building and the former Church of the Redeemer property.
Creel said the new hotel rooms are needed to support nearby venues, including the coliseum, and the city’s growing event calendar.
“They need hotel rooms, and we want to make sure we do what we can to get hotel rooms there so we can accommodate all the people that come to these events,” Creel said.
Hotels are needed as more events have been scheduled in recent years and there’s been an uptick of visitors to the area as well.
The hotel push comes alongside the development of multiple new subdivisions across the city. Creel said the combined growth is intended to position Biloxi as a destination for both visitors and residents.
“People love to come to our events, whether it’s a fishing tournament or Cruisin’ the Coast, and when they do, they are going to need a place to stay,” Creel said. “I believe that these hotel developers see that and see that we are a hospitality city.”
Of course, with the building of the hotels, new restaurants and residential communities come jobs and a better quality of life for area residents.
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MOBILE, AL. A father in Mobile jeopardized the lives of his two children on Sunday night after he fled the scene of a domestic disturbance at a high rate of speed and then led police on a pursuit.
According to Mobile Police, on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at approximately 7:20 p.m., officers responded to the 4100 block of Dickson Lane in reference to a domestic dispute.
As officers arrived, they observed a vehicle, later determined to be operated by Damian Law, 32, speeding off and turning off its headlights to avoid being stopped.
While speeding and leading police on a short pursuit, he drove recklessly and put his two children in danger, as they sat in the front seat of the vehicle, said police.
Through the course of the investigation, it was determined that the male subject went to the location and started a verbal argument with the female victim. A detective responded to the scene to conduct a further investigation.
Law was arrested on charges of Menacing, Domestic Violence 3rd (harassment), Reckless Endangerment, Attempting to Elude, and Reckless Endangerment.
Law was booked into the metro jail.
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FAIRHOPE, Ala. An early Tuesday morning wreck between Silverhill and Fairhope left one person trapped and seriously injured.
The Baldwin County 911 Communications Center received a call reporting a serious crash on State Highway 104 near Mile Marker 4 at around 1:37 a.m.
Authorities said that the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree, entrapping the person inside.
Fairhope and Silverhill police and the Fairhope fire department responded to the scene as did a Medstar ambulance. Fairhope firefighters had to extricate the driver from the vehicle because they were pinned in.
Because of the nature of the injuries, a medical helicopter was also dispatched to the wreck, and a landing zone was set up on the 3C Church property at State Highways 181 and 104 and the patient was airlifted to a trauma center.
The accident remains under investigation.
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MOBILE, AL. The Mobile Police Department has announced an initiative to help curb traffic fatalities in the city.
Police officers will increase education as well as enforcement, especially violations of speeding and DUI.
Already this year, the city has had eight traffic fatalities, a spokesperson said, compared to four in 2025.
Of the eight traffic fatalities recorded in the community this year, police said six involved speeding as a contributing factor.
Officers will concentrate on compliance with traffic laws as well as conduct increased patrols in high-traffic areas. Enforcement efforts will focus on speeding and other violations to reduce crashes, particularly those involving serious injury or death, the department said.
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BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. Another Baldwin County man has been arrested for placing a tracker on a person’s vehicle without their knowledge or permission.
Luke Jones of Summerdale has been arrested for First Degree Stalking after police said that he placed a TK Star GPS tracking device in a victim’s vehicle.
The incident took place from Oct 25 to Nov 6, according to the complaint.
Jones was released on a $60,000 bond.
Under Alabama law, specifically the 2023 legislation (HB153), it is illegal to place an electronic tracking device (like an Apple AirTag or GPS) on another person’s property without consent for purposes of stalking, harassment, or unlawful surveillance. This is a Class C felony, or a Class B felony if it violates a protective order.
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BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. Prodisee Pantry has been serving the people of Baldwin County for years and now, the Baldwin County Commission has donated land to them so that a second location can be built.
The land is located at the corner of AL-225 and Lakeview Road and the non-profit organization said that it will be used for a second facility that will help serve the northern part of Baldwin County.
“Positioning ourselves north of Bay Minette has been a strategic thing to make it easier for those in those most rural communities,” said Executive Director Deann Servos.
Once a month, we have been offering distribution events in rural north Baldwin County, and this new location is exactly what we had been hoping for.
Last year, 1,499 families attended the distribution events in Stockton, but that entailed Prodisee Pantry hauling 7-8 tons of food each month to parking lots at partnering churches and it has been a logistics nightmare,” said Servos.
While many people know that we have been providing food to those in need, we actually do much more the executive director said.
Prodisee Pantry also partners with various services and connect people to them during food distribution events.
“Everything from free, legal to medical, dental, mental health counseling and screenings to, you know, jobs and employment opportunities by having clinics and training sessions,” said Servos.
They have helping many with a multitude of services at their Spanish fort location but because they did not have a permanent location in the northern part of the county, they were not able to provide those services there. But that will soon change.
“The north part of the county is lacking so many social services or easy access to those services, so it’s important to us,” said Servos.
Servos estimates it’ll take $3.5 million to clear the 4.5 acres, build the facility and parking lot. Servos says Prodisee Pantry hasn’t had a project this large since 2012 when they moved into the Spanish Fort facility.
Prodisee Pantry says 42% of its client families live in north Baldwin County and they hope to have the new location opened as quickly as possible.
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DALEVILLE, Ala. A teenager, fishing in a private pond, on private property, died after being mauled to death by a pack of dogs.
Dale County Coroner John Cawley said that 16-year-old Gabriel Damien Barron was fishing in his private pond on his Daleville-area property when dogs described as pit bull mixes attacked Barron and bit him repeatedly as they mauled the teen.
Authorities were notified and emergency responders were called to the scene.
Authorities took the dogs into custody.
Coroner John Cawley said Barron’s body was sent to a state lab for forensic testing.
Daleville police and the Dale County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate.
The owners of the dogs involved could face criminal charges.
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Emergency responders were called to a shrimp boat after the captain reported that a worker on board was acting erratically and was making no sense.
The captain asked for the Coast Guard to come and take him off board because he needed help.
The Fort Morgan Fire Department and an ambulance were dispatched to the Fort Morgan marina while the U.S. Coast Guard dispatched a vessel out to meet the shrimper.
The USCG took the person with them.
That person was eventually transported to land where he was transported to an area hospital.
This was a medical event and there were no criminal charges.
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FAIRHOPE, Ala. A Louisiana Bank has announced that they are opening a branch in Fairhope.
Origin Bank, based in Ruston, Louisiana-based released a statement that provided the address of the new branch at 508 Fairhope Avenue which used to house the Renasant Bank which is across from the Fairhope Post Office.
Origin Bank operates more than 60 banking centers across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Founded in 1912, the bank focuses on personalized relationship banking for individuals and businesses, with a strong presence in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and North Louisiana markets.
Origin Bank currently has a branch in Mobile, located at 3700 Dauphin Street.
It is the wholly owned subsidiary of Origin Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: OBK), a financial holding company with over $8 billion in assets.
No opening date has been announced yet.
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WASHINTON DC As marijuana use among teens has grown in the past decade, researchers have been trying to better understand the health risks of the drug. Now, a new longitudinal study finds that cannabis use among adolescents increases risks of being diagnosed with bipolar and psychotic disorders, as well as anxiety and depression, years later.
The adolescent brain is still developing and the use of cannabis regularly may disrupt healthy neural development.
“This is very, very, very worrying,” says psychiatrist Dr. Ryan Sultan at Columbia University, a cannabis researcher who wasn’t involved in the new study published in the latest JAMA Health Forum.
Researchers analyzed health data on 460,000 teenagers in the Kaiser Permanente Health System in Northern California. The teens were followed until they were 25 years old. The data included annual screenings for substance use and any mental health diagnoses from the health records. Researchers excluded the adolescents who had symptoms of mental illnesses before using cannabis.
“We looked at kids using cannabis before they had any evidence of these psychiatric conditions and then followed them to understand if they were more likely or less likely to develop them,” says Dr. Lynn Silver, a pediatrician and researcher at the Public Health Institute, and an author of the new study.
They found that the teens who reported using cannabis in the past year were at a higher risk of being diagnosed with several mental health conditions a few years later, compared to teens who didn’t use cannabis.
Teens who reported using cannabis had twice the risk of developing two serious mental illnesses: bipolar, which manifests as alternating episodes of depression and mania, and psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia which involve a break with reality.
Now, only a small fraction — nearly 4,000 — of all teens in the study were diagnosed with each of these two disorders. Both bipolar and psychotic disorders are among the most serious and disabling of mental illnesses.
“Those are the scarier conditions that we worry about,” says Sultan.
Silver points out these illnesses are expensive to treat and come at a high cost to society. The U.S. cannabis market is an industry with a value in the tens-of-billions — but the societal cost of schizophrenia has been calculated to be $350 billion a year.
“And if we increase the number of people who develop that condition in a way that’s preventable, that can wipe out the whole value of the cannabis market,” Silver says.
The new study also found that the risk for more common conditions like depression and anxiety was also higher among cannabis users.
“Depression alone went up by about a third,” says Silver, “and anxiety went up by about a quarter.”
But the link between cannabis use, and depression and anxiety got weaker for teens who were older when they used cannabis. “Which really shows the sensitivity of the younger child’s brain to the effects of cannabis,” says Silver. “The brain is still developing. The effects of cannabis on the receptors in the brain seem to have a significant impact on their neurological development and the risk for these mental health disorders.”
Silver hopes these findings will make teens more cautious about using the drug, which is not as safe as people perceive it to be.
“With legalization, we’ve had a tremendous wave of this perception of cannabis as a safe, natural product to treat your stress with,” she says. “That is simply not true.”
The new study is well designed and gets at “the chicken or the egg, order-of-operations question,” says Sultan. There have been other past studies that have also found a link between cannabis use and mental health conditions, especially psychosis. But, those studies couldn’t tell whether cannabis affected the likelihood of developing mental health symptoms or whether people with existing problems were more likely to use cannabis — perhaps to treat their symptoms.
But by excluding teens who were already showing mental health symptoms, the new study suggests a causal link between cannabis use and later mental health diagnoses. Additional research is needed to understand the link fully.
Sultan, the psychiatrist and researcher at Columbia University, says the study confirms what he’s seeing in his clinic — more teens using cannabis who’ve developed new or worsening mental health symptoms.
“It is most common around anxiety and depression, but it’s also showing up in more severe conditions like bipolar disorder and psychosis,” he says.
He notes that mental health disorders are complex in origin. A host of risk factors, like genetics, environment, lifestyle and life experiences all play a role. And some young people are more at risk than others.
“When someone has a psychotic episode in the context of cannabis or a manic episode in the context of cannabis, clinicians are going to say, ‘Please do not do that again because you’re you’re you’re playing with fire,'” he says.
Because the more they use the drug, he says the more likely that their symptoms will worsen over time, making recovery harder.
“What we’re worried about [is if] you sort of get stuck in psychosis, it gets harder and harder to pull the person back,” says Sultan. “Psychosis and severe mood disorders, particularly bipolar disorder are like seizures in your brain. They’re sort of neurotoxic to your brain, and so it seems to be associated with a more rapid deterioration of the brain.”
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MOBILE, AL. Police officers in Mobile spotted a traffic violation in the area of Old Shell Road and Bush Avenue at about 1 30 a.m. Thursday morning, February 19, 2026.
When officers activated their blue lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop, the driver, later identified as Demarcus Sanders of Whistler, took off on the officers and refused to stop.
Police also reported that Sanders was throwing things out of the vehicle.
Other officers responded to assist in the pursuit and the items were recovered and Sanders was taken into custody.
Sanders, 40, was arrested and charged with first-degree possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempt to elude, possession of controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence.
He has been booked into the Mobile Metro Jail and is being held on a bond.
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BLOUNT COUNTY, AL. A man is on the run after killing an Alabama bondsman who was trying to arrest him for violating the conditions of his bond.
James Paul Eastis, 73, was shot and killed by Francisco Sinecio-Alvarez, 38, on February 11, 2026. An arrest warrant has been issued charging Sinecio-Alvarez with murder.
Authorities said Eastis was trying to take Sinecio-Alvarez into custody when the suspect shot him multiple times inside the suspect’s Hayden home.
A $10,000 reward has also been offered for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect.
Sinecio-Alvarez was arrested in September 2025 and charged with a firearm possession by an alien, court records show. Authorities allege he was in possession of a pistol while being unlawfully in the U.S.
The arrest took place in Bibb County and Senecio-Alavarez was released the following day on $5,000 bond posted through Wade Bail Bond.
The victim was discovered dead when Sinecio-Alvarez’s employer went to his home to see why he had not shown up for work that day.
The investigation began Tuesday morning when the suspect, who goes by the nickname Paco, did not show up for work, Moon said. His employer went to his home on Harris Road in Hayden and found Eastis dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso from an AR-style rifle.
The discovery was made just before 11 a.m., but Moon said the shooting is believed to have happened between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon on Thursday said 25-year-old Christian Perez-Reyes, of Birmingham, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of tampering with physical evidence in connection with the case. He said he could not elaborate on Perez-Reyes’s involvement with the suspect.
The sheriff also announced a 5,000 reward from the Alabama Bail Bonding Association, and said he was matching that amount for a total of $10,000.
Moon again offered his condolences to Eastis’s family.
“I know they are hurting and asking a lot of question,” Moon said. “They want justice and so do we.”
“I want the family to know we will not stop working for them,” he said.
Chris McNeil, president of the board of directors for the Alabama Bail Bond Association, said he personally knew Eastis.
“This is something I never imagined I’d be doing,” McNeil said. “This is a call no one wants to get.”
“This is absolutely a very unique profession, and it is a dangerous profession,” he said.
“We make every attempt we can to avoid any situation that could bring harm to the recovery agent of the defendant,” McNeil said, “but no matter what you do, sometimes the situation turns out to not be the best situation and that’s what happened here.”
McNeal said he has spoken with the victim’s wife since his slaying.
“The world has changed for her, it’s changed for her family, and it’s changed our profession here in Alabama,” he said.
Deputies quickly determined which vehicle they believed Sinecio-Alvarez was driving – a blue and white Ford F-150 step side with a solid white front passenger side fender – and began to search for truck. It was later found abandoned with a rifle inside.
The sheriff said there is some information that Sinecio-Alvarez could still be in Alabama. The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force is also assisting, and ICE investigators are involved.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Blount County Sheriff’s Office at 205-625-4127. Tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
Eastis has a son who is currently a police sergeant in Alabama.
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MONTGOMERY, AL. A new bill aimed at protecting children in Alabama was signed into law on Thursday, by Gov. Kay Ivey. The Governor signed the “App Store Accountability Act.” The bill requires app store providers to verify the age of users, affiliate minor accounts with parent accounts and obtain consent from the holder of the parent account, and to notify users when an app makes a significant change, give developers real-time access to the age category and consent status for minor accounts, and protect personal age verification data.
The bill HB161 came about after some discussion and was submitted by Rep. Chris Sells (R-Greenville).
App stores now must verify certain information and make notifications.
The bill is all about protecting children.
The bill was a priority in the House. Shortly after its passage, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) highlighted the passage of the App Store Accountability Act as one of the top accomplishments of the session to date for the House.
It’s unfortunate, but we have had numerous situations in our state and others where children have come across content that their mind was not ready to receive, and it has created chaos and created problems in those children’s lives.
In a social media post, Ivey said, “I was proud to sign HB161 to strengthen protections for Alabama children in the digital world. HB161 also gives greater tools to parents. In Alabama, protecting kids isn’t optional — it’s our responsibility.”
The bill will go into effect in 2027.
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EVERGREEN, AL. A medical helicopter crashed in Evergreen on Sunday afternoon at around 3:15 p.m.
A person on scene stated that the chopper hit a house on South Main Road in Evergreen before crashing onto the ground nearby.
Multiple emergency agencies responded to the scene within minutes
The Lifesaver 5 helicopter was on its way back from transporting a patient when it crashed. Evergreen Police Chief Allison Gessner said that there were no fatalities, but several people were injured.
The crash occurred near the hospital authorities said.
The crash site has been secured by law enforcement, and the Federal Aviation Administration has been notified.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. An early morning scene near the Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan line brought out multiple fire engines, police and EMS.
The scene, believed to be a fatal motor vehicle crash, unfolded after 9 a.m., Saturday, February 21st, 2026, near State Highway 180 and Pleasure Point Road.
The Gulf Shores police and fire departments, Medstar, ALEA and the Fort Morgan Fire Department were all dispatched to the scene.
Authorities said that it was a fatality requiring extrication of at least one deceased person.
We do not know if anyone else was involved.
There was no further information available, but police said that they are conducting an investigation.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. Another bill aimed to help law enforcement has been filed in the Alabama Legislature, at least the fourth in the past year. This bill would create a criminal offense for interfering with police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel while they are performing their duties.
Senator April Weaver (R) has introduced Senate Bill 293 establishing the crime of “Interference with a First Responder.”
Nationwide, more people are interfering, delaying and in some cases, preventing public safety from doing their jobs and that could put a person’s life in jeopardy.
Senator Weaver acknowledged these incidents and growing concerns about unrest and disruptions targeting emergency personnel in other parts of the country, citing violence and civil unrest in Minnesota. Weaver said she wants to prevent similar situations from occurring in Alabama.
“When our brave first responders are carrying out their duties, they shouldn’t have to worry about zealous agitators or bad actors interfering or inciting trouble,” Weaver said in a press release. “This bill makes it clear that when first responders instruct you to back off, refusing to do so will win you a free ride to jail in the back of a police cruiser while wearing a shiny pair of handcuffs.”
Under the bill, a person could be charged if they remain within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services worker after being instructed to vacate the area while the responder is engaged in official duties.
To qualify as the offense, the individual must also:
Impede or interfere with a first responder’s ability to perform their duties,
Threaten a first responder with physical harm, or
Strike, shove, kick, or otherwise make physical contact with a first responder.
The offense would be classified as a Class A misdemeanor, the highest level of misdemeanor under Alabama law, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $6,000.
Weaver noted that the proposed crime would not apply to obstruction of an arrest, which is already covered under existing sections of Alabama law.
If approved, the bill would add a new tool for law enforcement to address what supporters describe as interference at emergency scenes. Similar laws have also been passed recently in other states.
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MOBILE, AL. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office had been conducting a manhunt after a man shot at them but now, that man, identified as John M. Byrd has been captured and is in the Mobile County Metro Jail.
Deputies said that they had been looking for Bryd, 31, on charges relating to a domestic violence incident that occurred in Semmes.
Semmes Police had requested assistance from the sheriff’s department, and a K-9 unit was sent to assist in tracking Byrd and that’s when as law enforcement was searching in a wooded area, Byrd opened fire on the officers.
“They could hear the limbs cracking around them, so we deployed our SWAT team and special operations, but it appears he’s made it outside the perimeter,” Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said.
The sheriff said deputies did not fire back because they didn’t have a clear line of sight. No one was hurt. Deputies then deployed a drone and redeployed the K-9 but did not locate him.
Burch said that Bryd was later located at a residence in the 5000 block of Nate Road and taken into custody.
Currently he is facing charges of resisting arrest, second degree escape and domestic violence but Burch said Byrd will face more charges.
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