Etowah Co. man receives 8 life sentences for shooting at law enforcement officers Etowah Co. crime scene. (Source: Dixon Hayes/WBRC) By Dixon Hayes | December 10, 2020 at 12:05 PM CST - Updated December 10 at 12:05 PM
ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - An Etowah County man has been sentenced to eight life terms for firing on law enforcement officers nearly three years ago. Arnold Ray Battles. (Source: Etowah Co. Sheriff s Office)
Agents with the Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit, Marshall County Drug Unit, Boaz Police Officers and the FBI executed a search warrant on Battles at 100 Pleasant Hill Cutoff Road.
Battles was convicted in October of the attempt on taking the lives of FBI Safe Streets Commander William Strunk; Etowah County Drug Task Force Agents Steve Guthrie, Robert Sims, Jeremy Lasseter, Kevin Hassell and Randall Johnson; and Boaz Police Officers Justin Drake and Matthew Brannon.