Deputies Arrest Man After Shooting in Center Point

On Monday May 27, 2019 at 9:31am Deputies responded to a call of a vehicle crash and shots fired in the 400 block of 15th Terrace N.W.  Dewayne Mone Prowell Jr. has been charged with 2 counts of attempted murder after he began shooting at 2 men he knows.  The men...

Deputies Charge Husband In Sunday Homicide

On Sunday May 26, 2019 at 3:14pm deputies were dispatched to investigate a homicide in the 4700 block of Longmeadow Dr. in the McCalla community.  39 year old Belton Eugene Nettles has been charged with Capital Murder in the death of his wife, 52 year old Linda Cole...

Jefferson County Deputies Arrest Drug Dealers After Chase

Left – Cardarius Martez Watson              Right – Kyre Teruel Robinson On May 23, 2019 at 2:26pm the Street Crimes Unit of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop a vehicle that had a switched tag.  The vehicle refused to stop and...

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...