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Indiana Fugitive In Custody In Jefferson County

  On Tuesday January 28, 2020 around 12:00pm Jefferson County Sheriff’s Detectives were alerted by Detectives from the Lebanon Indiana Police department that a fugitive from Indiana might be in the Jefferson County area.  Sheriff’s personnel searched several locations and finally had a solid location on the man.  With assistance [...]

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the promotion of the first female Deputy Chief in the 200 year history of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.  . Felicia Rucker-Sumerlin is a mother of two, who joined the Sheriff’s Office in 1990. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from [...]

Shots Fired at Jefferson County Deputies

On Tuesday January 21, 2020 at approximately 1:16pm Jefferson County Deputies attempted to stop a vehicle for a violation.  The driver refused to stop and fled from deputies in a reckless manner until he wrecked his vehicle into a tree near 91st Street North and 90th Place North.  The driver [...]

No Bond for Man Accused of Domestic Violence

On Thursday January 16, 2020 at approximately 9:00am Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies Arrested 44 year old Arthur Leon McKinney Jr. for Domestic Violence Strangulation 1st degree.  The offenders wife suffered injuries to her head, eye, hand and throat and required medical treatment.  The victim has been married to the offender [...]

Arrest Warrants Issued In Paighton Houston Case

On Wednesday January 15, 2019 the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office obtained warrants against 50 year old Fredrick Hampton on the charge of Abuse of a Corpse with a bond of $60,000.00.  Abuse of a Corpse is a class C felony.  This charge is in connection with the Death Investigation of [...]

Traffic Fatality On Pleasant Grove Road

On Wednesday January 15, 2020 at 4:40pm Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a traffic accident on Pleasant Grove road near Cypress Circle.  Deputies arrived and found a vehicle that had left the roadway and went down a ravine suffering heavy damage.  The vehicle was traveling north on Pleasant Grove [...]

Inmate Found Hanging Later Dies

On Thursday November 28, 2019 at approximately 12:05pm, an inmate worker was found hanging in the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham. The inmate worker was found hanging by a bed sheet in a work area.  Another inmate worker alerted the jail staff who performed CPR on the inmate until paramedics [...]

Law Enforcement Partnership Leads to Drug Arrest in two States

    (L) Roberto Chavez                             (R) Salvador Andres Chavez The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Vice and Narcotics Unit partnered with the Greenville County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit in South Carolina to make significant drug arrest and seizures [...]

Sheriff’s Deputies Investigate Homicide in Lipscomb

On Monday November 25, 2019 at 9:59pm Jefferson County Deputies responded to a report of a shooting in the 6100 block of Avenue H in Lipscomb.  Deputies arrived and found a man in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound.  First responders rendered medical aid and transported the man to [...]

Jefferson County Deputies Investigate Traffic Fatality

On Sunday November 24, 2019 at 7:22am Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a vehicle off the roadway in the 3300 block of Erwin Dairy Road.  Deputies arrived at that location and found a vehicle off the roadway and down a ravine.  The preliminary investigation shows that [...]

Deputies Respond to Single Car Fatality in Bagley

On November 15, 2019 Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a single vehicle accident on Bethel Rd in the Bagley Community. Upon arrival Deputies found an 80 year old male trapped in an overturned vehicle. The decedent was pronounced deceased by Bagley Fire Department. The accident is believed to be [...]

Woman Assaulted and Robbed by Man she met Online

On 11-10-2019 at 5:51am a woman called the Sheriff’s Office to report that she had been assaulted and robbed after meeting a man she met online.  The victim said that she met the man in the parking lot of a closed fast-food restaurant in the 1600 block of Center Point [...]