Drug store robber caught during getawayBy Tom SmithSenior Staff WriterMatt McKean/TimesDailyFlorence police officer Marcell Craft arrests Freddie Balentine, 52, of Florence, who is suspected in an armed robbery of the Massey Drug Store on Cloverdale Road.Drug store robber caught during getawayA regular customer at Massey’s Drug on Cloverdale Road was arrested within five minutes after he reportedly robbed the business of pain medication Tuesday by threatening a clerk with a hunting knife.Freddie Balentine, 52, 107 Castleton Road, Florence, is charged with pharmacy robbery and is being held in the Lauderdale County Detention Center, according to police.Balentine is accused of walking into the drug store at the intersection of Davis Street and Cloverdale Road at 12:58 p.m., pulling his shirt up over his mouth, shoving a hunting knife toward a clerk and demanding the medication.“Once he had the pills, he told the clerks to wait for five minutes before they called the police,” Florence police detective Justin Wright said. “When he left, he was eating some of the pills.”Wright said Balentine, who lives less than a half mile from the business in Heathrow subdivision, was identified by three of the workers. He said no other customers were in the store when the robbery occurred.“Apparently, he walked to the drug store and then was going to walk away but he didn’t make it,” Wright said.Florence police officers Marcell Craft and Mickey Hines arrested Balentine on Hughes Street without incident less than five minutes after the robbery occurred.“I guess he thought the employees were going to wait that five minutes before they called us, which they didn’t,” Wright said.He said Craft and Hines were nearby preparing for a funeral escort when they heard the robbery call.“As soon as they got there they started searching and located him walking on Hughes Street,” Wright said. The street is less than a block from the business.According to witnesses, Balentine stopped at a residence on Hughes Street to ask for some water just before he was spotted.“I was a little nervous when I saw all of those police cars all over the street,” resident Nell Hamilton said. “My neighbor had called and told me what was going on, so I was looking out my front window with the door locked. I’m just glad they were able to catch him.”When Balentine was taken into custody, Wright said officers found more than 100 pain pills as well as some pills that he had chewed. He said officials found some of the pills on the street.Pharmacy robbery is a Class A felony, punishable by 10 years to life in prison. Robbery of a pharmacy, however, carries an enhanced penalty that prohibits parole.
I don't think I ever posted this from the Iron Bowl.He looked even more redneck from the front, believe it or not.
Tuscaloosa council member busted at some shit motel with crack cocaine on his persons. No link, but I'm sure there's one out there.
Tuscaloosa Councilman Kip Tyner arrested (UPDATED)Reported by: Lindsey WilhelmPublished: 12/03 9:31 amTuscaloosa Police officers make two arrests after searching an apartment in attempts to locate a witness in a Homicide case.Approximately 11:40 pm Friday night, an investigator with the Tuscaloosa County Homicide Unit and Tuscaloosa Police Officers responded to Tree Top Apartments at 5100 E 36th Ave to try and locate a witness in a Homicide. Officers went to the apartment and knocked on the door and they were given consent to come inside and look for the witness. Officers did not locate the witness but located cocaine on a mirror in the living room. The two suspects, Kip Dennis Tyner Jr., 56 years old, and Darren Dwayne Cooper, 46 years old, were inside the apartment were taken into custody for Unlawful Possession of A Controlled Substance (Cocaine) and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Crack Pipes).Both men are being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail pending an $18,000.00 bond.UPDATE: Due to the large volume of requests for comment on the arrest of Councilman Kip Tyner, Mayor Maddox has released the following statement:"This is an active investigation, therefore, the Tuscaloosa Police Department is handling all comments regarding this matter. It is premature to make any other statement.” Maddox referred media inquiries to the Tuscaloosa P.D.
Wilson Bank & Trust on Northwest Broad robbed | The Daily News Journal | dnj.comMURFREESBORO — Police have responded to a robbery that occurred at Wilson Bank and Trust on Northwest Broad Street around 10:40 a.m.Police are searching for a red Honda Element that left the scene shortly after the robbery occurred. The vehicle, an SUV, has a University of Alabama vanity tag frame bearing the words “Roll Tide.”Dispatchers said the suspect was a white male about 6 feet 2 inches tall, wearing a ball cap and beige jacket. The clerk reported the man presented a small notebook with the words “money now” on it. Around that time, a regular customer walked in and the clerk yelled for them to leave.
A man was stabbed in the back after an argument over bama football. http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-man-stabbed-at-gas-station-in-madison-county-20111228,0,6171875.story
Madison County deputies say a man stabbed another man in the back at a gas station in the Harvest community after the two got into an argument over Alabama football.WAFF reports ( http://bit.ly/tQd8k3) that Madison County deputies charged Eric Slagle with second degree assault.Deputies said the stabbing happened on Highway 53 about 2:45 a.m. Wednesday.The clerk in the store says chaos broke out after the argument and stabbing. Deputies say they found Slagle about an hour later less than three miles away.Deputies booked him into the Madison County jail around 6:30 a.m. They say the unidentified victim is expected to make a full recovery.
Let's make sure we quote the actual articles in case they change them to protect the Tahd. http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20111228/APN/1112281144
Which bama frat house is this?
The parakeet cage
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