From The Tribune staff reports
OPELIKA The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction of an east Alabama man in the murder of his girlfriend.
Timothy O’Neal James, 37, was convicted of the murder of Darlene Little, in January 2020. A year later, an appeal was denied.
Prosecutors said on June 10, 2017, James called the Opelika Police Department and reported Little shot herself. During the trial, the state’s forensic witness said the location of the wound to Little’s head would have made it difficult for her to shoot herself.
“At trial, James testified that he was holding the gun when it was fired, contrary to his initial statements to police, but claimed that the shooting was an accident,” said Attorney General Steve Marshall.
Bad guy, Good Girl : Alabama man with Molotov cocktails in D.C. left alarming notes in truck, records show
The Montgomery Advertiser 1/13/2021 Melissa Brown and Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
An Alabama man who parked a truck filled with Molotov cocktails and a cache of firearms just blocks from the U.S. Capitol last week had concerning handwritten notes that named an Obama-appointed federal judge a bad guy, singled out a Muslim representative and listed contact information for conservative media personalities, according to court records.
The materials were unsealed Tuesday in the federal case against Lonnie Coffman, who was formally indicted on 17 separate weapons charges after his Jan. 6 arrest. Prosecutors included photos of his various weapons and handwritten notes in a motion for pre-trial detention, arguing the handwritten messages raise alarm in the context of the Jan. 6 rioting and criminal infringement on our nation s democratic proce