Crime

A Massachusetts jury is deliberating in the case of an Alabama man accused of the beating and stabbing death of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl more than 35 years ago.

The search continues for the gunmen involved in a weekend mass shooting at Hush Lounge in Five Points South. Police say they believe the shooters targeted at least one of the victims when they opened fire. Carlos De’Juan McCain and Roderick Lynn Patterson Jr., who both were killed in the shooting, were separately charged in past Birmingham homicides.

Officials in Birmingham pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people, announcing rewards of up to $100,000. Authorities have still made no arrests after Saturday’s shooting at Hush Lounge.

Birmingham is introducing a pilot program with a mission to create a safer, cleaner community for residents in the East Lake neighborhood. Safe Streets is a strategic safety initiative that limits the number of entry and exit points throughout the neighborhood.

Authorities say they are searching for an Alabama man wanted in connection with three homicides in Oklahoma. Arkansas State Police said Wednesday that local law enforcement agencies are working to locate 50-year-old Stacy Lee Drake.

For those with an outstanding warrant for a nonviolent misdemeanor, the City of Mobile may have a way for offenders to take care of it without the risk of being arrested. The city's Legal Department and Municipal Court are partnering with the non-profit Growing Real Alternatives Everywhere (GRAE) to host a Warrant Clinic.

Mobile City Councilman Cory Penn and Mobile's Executive Director of Public Safety, Rob Lasky, will host a second public forum focused on violence prevention on Saturday, March 2.

An Alabama city councilman has pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor shoplifting. Huntsville City Council member Devyn Keith agreed to a plea deal Tuesday just as his trial was set to begin. Keith was arrested in February and faced four charges regarding stolen merchandise from three Walmart stores.

Police said that arrest warrants have been issued in connection with a riverfront brawl in Alabama's capital that drew international media attention after video showed a group of white people pummeling a Black riverboat worker, an exchange that sparked a massive fight.

Authorities in the city of Hoover said they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway.