Warrant Issued in Center Point Homicide

Detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office have obtained a warrant against 50-year-old Cortrell Montesez Burks for the murder of 40-year-old Erica Williams.  Williams was found deceased in her 20th Avenue NE apartment yesterday.  Detectives had named...

Arrest Made in Animal Cruelty Case

Derrias Alexander Waldrop On the evening of April 22, 2023, Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 300 block of Houston Road in Center Point to investigate a domestic violence incident.  During the course of the domestic violence investigation,...

Pedestrian Struck Crossing Brewster Road

At approximately 5:30 PM today, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 1600 block of Brewster Road in Eastern Jefferson County to investigate a pedestrian who had been struck while crossing the road.  The 42-year-old female was transported to UAB...