Category: Huntsville Police
Decatur Man Arrested for Attempted Murder and Robbery
August 8, 2017
Officers with the US Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Jordan Peoples, 21 of Decatur, and charged him with Attempted Murder and Robbery in relation to an incident on August 4. Peoples entered the home of an 85 year old lady in the 9000 block of Valley View Drive on August 4. The victim and Peoples knew each other and he came to the residence offering to do work [ more ]
Read MoreCelebrating Education Parade
August 4, 2017
The Celebrating Education Parade will take place Saturday, August 5. The parade will start at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot at Mastin Lake Road and Blue Spring Road. It will head west on Mastin Lake Road and then turn north on Pulaski Pike. The parade will end on the campus of Jemison High School and is expected to be finished by 11:00 a.m. Use caution if traveling in the [ more ]
Read MoreSchool Zone Safety and Reminders
August 1, 2017
The Huntsville City School system as well as multiple private schools within the city will start the new school year this week. The Huntsville Police Department wants to remind everyone about school zone safety and the laws that pertain to them. Officers will be strictly enforcing school zone speed limits as well as other safety concerns around the schools. There will be over 80 Public Safety Aides directing traffic within school [ more ]
Read MoreInvestigators Ask for Public’s Help Locating Murder Suspect
July 18, 2017
Huntsville Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit is asking for the public’s help locating a murder suspect. Ezekiel Briggs, 25 of Huntsville, was the victim and died from a gunshot wound on July 14. Officers responded to the shooting in the 2400 block of Old Blue Springs Road shortly before midnight Friday. Investigators believe the victim and Mondrel Ward, 25 of Huntsville, were in an argument and Ward shot and killed Briggs. [ more ]
Read MoreTraffic Stop Uncovers Drugs, Forgery Equipment and Stolen Gun
July 18, 2017
The Huntsville Police have charged James Starratt, 32 of Huntsville, with multiple crimes following a traffic stop. On July 12 an officer with the Huntsville Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team stopped a car in the area of Pulaski Pike and Poplar Avenue for being in violation of the City of Huntsville Noise Ordinance and for not wearing a seat belt. As a result of the traffic stop officers ended up finding cocaine, [ more ]
Read MoreArrest Made Following Tuesday Shooting Death
July 12, 2017
Huntsville Police Department Major Crimes Investigators have charged Terrance Rodgers, 18 of Huntsville, with Capital Murder following a shooting in the area of Alice Drive and Mt. Vernon Road. Officers received a call around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for a shooting victim in a car at 3700 Blue Spring Road. When they arrived they found Antonio Melson, 20 of Huntsville, inside a car with a gunshot wound to the chest. Mr. [ more ]
Read MoreHuntsville Man Charged in University Drive Hit-and-Run
July 11, 2017
Huntsville Police Department Traffic Homicide Investigators have charged Dijuan Roach-Donald, 21 of Huntsville, with a felony count of Leaving the Scene of an Accident. The accident happened around 4:30 Sunday morning on University Drive in the area of Henderson Drive and involved a pedestrian. The victim is being treated at the hospital and is expected to survive. Roach-Donald turned himself in to police yesterday.
Read MoreHuntsville Man Charged in Deadly Weekend Traffic Accident
July 10, 2017
Huntsville Police Department’s Traffic Homicide Investigators have charged Dennis Hammond, 57 of Huntsville, with Murder following a weekend traffic accident on Jordan Lane. The accident claimed the life of Danetria Rice, 29 of Huntsville. Ms. Rice was the passenger in a car traveling north on Jordan Lane near Sportsman Lane around 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Hammond was driving south on Jordan Lane and crossed over the turn lane and struck Ms. Rice’s [ more ]
Read MoreMan Wanted for Selma Murder Arrested at Huntsville Home
July 10, 2017
The US Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with Huntsville Police SWAT Team members arrested Mitchell Williams, Jr., 19 of Selma, at a home in the 4700 block of Broadmeadow Lane. Williams was wanted by authorities in Selma, Alabama for Capital Murder in connection to a drive-by shooting. He was taken into custody without incident and will be extradited back to Selma in the coming days.
Read MoreArrest Made in Overnight Convenience Store Robbery
July 10, 2017
Investigators with the Huntsville Police Department’s Violent Crime Unit have charged Deitrich Hall, 35 of Huntsville, with the overnight robbery of the Mapco at 2220 Zierdt Road. Officers responded to the call around 3:30 a.m. Hall and an unknown black male had entered the store armed with a handgun and demanded money. The clerk was struck with the pistol and the suspects took cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of money before [ more ]
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