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Summer Internship Program for Rising Seniors in High School -Class of 2020
June 25, 2019

MEDIA ALERT Who? JEFFCO Sheriff Mark Pettway What? Summer Internship Program for Rising Seniors in High School -Class of 2020 When? July 8 - 26 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Where? JEFFCO Sheriff’s Office 2200 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd - Birmingham, AL 35203 Why? This unprecedented three-week program will give rising seniors in high school an [...]

UPDATE: Detectives Make Arrest in Double Homicide
June 20, 2019

6-20-19 UPDATE: On Friday June 14, 2019 Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies found two people deceased at a home in the 3500 block of Bethel road. Those deaths were determined to be by homicide. 38-year-old Terrence Jermaine Holder has been charged with Capital Murder in the deaths of these two people. [...]

Sheriff’s Detectives Investigate Double Homicide
June 15, 2019

On Friday June 14, 2019 at 10:50pm concerned family members requested that deputies go to the 3500 block of Bethel road in Warrior to do a welfare check on the residents.  Deputies arrived and found suspicious circumstances.  Deputies made entry into the home and found a deceased male and female.  [...]

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Receives National Recognition for Excellence in Managing Sex Offender Registry
June 12, 2019

    JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (June 12, 2019)—The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office recently received national recognition for excellence in overseeing the county’s nearly 1,000 sex offenders. Sheriff Mark Pettway and the office were recognized this week for outstanding community awareness and notification related to sex offenders for sending more than [...]

School Resource Officers stats show how important it is to keep schools safe in Jefferson County
June 6, 2019

Birmingham, Alabama — (June 6, 2019) Sheriff Mark Pettway is crediting his deputies and school resource officers for keeping Jefferson County schools safe in 2018 and 2019. In a recently released report by the School Resource Division of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office, SRO’s finished the year making 76 felony [...]

UPDATE: Children Returned to State Custody
June 3, 2019

On Sunday June 2, 2019 the Sheriff’s Office sent out a media alert requesting help in locating Latasha Nicole Moss, who took her 4 children from a foster home and legal custody of the courts.  The children have been located and are back in custody.  The children were turned over [...]

Woman Sought For Interference With Custody
June 2, 2019

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 38-year-old Latasha Nicole Moss for the crime of Interfering with custody. Latasha Moss took her 4 children from a residence in Docena without court authorization. The children had been removed from her care by the court and placed with a legal guardian. [...]

Man Charged with Murder After Argument over Basketball
June 1, 2019

  On Friday May 31, 2019 at 9:27pm Deputies were dispatched to investigate a shooting at the apartments located at 15th Terrace N.E.  Deputies arrived and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.  The man was transported to the hospital where he later died.  Witnesses described the offender and [...]

Deputies Involved in Shooting While Attempting to Serve Warrant
May 29, 2019

On Wednesday May 29, 2019 at approximately 12:02pm Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies attempted to arrest a Hispanic man on an outstanding warrant near 5th Avenue in Bessemer.  During a confrontation, Deputies shot at the suspect. The suspect fled the scene and a BOLO (Be On The Look Out) was issued [...]

Deputies Arrest Man After Shooting in Center Point
May 28, 2019

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 [...]

Deputies Charge Husband In Sunday Homicide
May 27, 2019

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 Jackson.  Deputies [...]

Jefferson County Deputies Arrest Drug Dealers After Chase
May 25, 2019

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 led deputies [...]