UPDATE: Body found in vehicle on I-22 ruled a homicide

The dead body found in a vehicle off I-22 on May 12, 2019 has been ruled a homicide.  The victim has been identified as a 39-year-old Hispanic female named Ernamy Padilla.  Sheriff’s detectives have found enough evidence to obtain warrants against Jose Afrain...

Sheriff’s Investigation leads to arrest of Drug Dealer

  On Wednesday May 15, 2019 Sheriff’s Narcotics investigators arrested 26 year old James Leanard Matthews for dealing drugs in the Pratt City area.  After investigation, Sheriff’s Investigators tracked and located James Matthews near the 100 block of...

Body found in Burned Vehicle

On 5-13-2019 at 11:30pm Deputies were alerted to a vehicle fire off he roadway of Arabia Avenue near Jamaica Street in the Edgewater community.  The report was that there was a vehicle on fire but after the fire was extinguished a body was found inside the car.  The...