A Tuskegee VA employee is accused of sexually abusing a mentally handicapped volunteer. APR’s Alex AuBuchon has more on the upcoming trial.
Federal district judge Keith Watkins has set a trial date of April 12th for Eric Allen, a Tuskegee VA employee facing two counts of sexual abuse. Allen is charged with abusing a female volunteer with Down’s Syndrome at Tuskegee’s VA hospital in August.Allen has pled not guilty. His defense argues Allen was also mentally impaired, after suffering a stroke that caused significant cognitive delays. Allen is a veteran and was participating in the VA’s compensated work therapy program. In other VA news, Maria Andrews, the director of Tuscaloosa’s VA hospital will be leaving within a month to take over a struggling VA facility in Augusta, Ga. I’m Alex AuBuchon, APR news.
The needs of homeless military veterans take center stage in Mobile tomorrow. The group Housing First is holding a support event known as a stand down. Homeless and low-income veterans will be able to received medical care and counseling as well as food and clothing. Housing First specializes in helping homeless vets. The event is being supported by the Disabled Veterans National Foundation in the form of socks, shoes, jackets, emergency blankets, and hygiene kits. Housing First is also receiving a national grant to help veterans.
People who make their living selling real estate in Alabama are in Birmingham today. The statewide real estate convention known as ACREcon includes panel discussions on how the industry is changing. The conference also has an economic outlook as well as speakers on real state trends. ACRE Executive Director Grayson Glaze says this event could help real estate professional have a better understanding of their clients and market.
“The practitioners need to know the market to better serve their clients and that includes emerging trends. And so we hope our platform delivers, it’s in its 15th year and we’re excited to host it for the state of Alabama.”
Over five hundred people and businesses attended last year’s conference. This year’s expo is at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham.
You can apparently blame the tooth fairy for a truck crash on Interstate twenty near Tuscaloosa. The Alabama Highway Patrol says a truck driver lost control of his tractor trailer because he was pulling one of his teeth. The driver officers he let go of the wheel to pull the loose tooth. That’s when he lost control, went into a ditch, smashed into a tree. He even and the tooth in his shirt pocket as proof. The single vehicle crash shut down a stretch of interstate for about eleven hours until a single lane reopened Monday morning. ?
