Man charged with attempted murder of Covington County deputy
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Covington County authorities say a man rammed his vehicle into a deputy s car Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.
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Dalton Grier, of Crenshaw County, is being held in the Covington County Jail without bond.
Sheriff Blake Turman said the incident happened about 11 p.m. Wednesday. A deputy was driving home after finishing his shift.
According to Turman, Grier was parked on the roadside as if to enter the road. He then followed the deputy, getting “extremely close,” until the deputy flashed his emergency lights. Then after the deputy turned onto U.S. 29, Turman said, Grier accelerated and struck the rear of the deputy’s patrol car and continued to strike it, forcing the deputy off the road.
Sheriff: Man arrested, charged with attempted murder of Covington County deputy A man is facing attempted murder charges after an incident with a Covington County Deputy. (Source: Covington County Sheriff s Office) By WSFA Staff | December 24, 2020 at 12:45 PM CST - Updated December 24 at 1:36 PM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A man is facing attempted murder charges after an incident with a Covington County Deputy.
Dalton Grier is charged with attempted murder.
According to a statement from the Covington County Sheriff Blake Turman, a deputy was on his way home Wednesday night when he saw Grier parked on the side of the road as if he were entering the roadway.
Alabama poultry worker killed by co-worker shooting at stray chickens, authorities say
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
A 51-year-old Alabama man was shot to death in a Covington County chicken house ever the weekend.
Covington County sheriff’s officials on Tuesday identified the victim as Robin Early Phillips. Investigators with the sheriff’s office and the district attorney’s office responded about 4 p.m. Sunday the poultry farm in the Friendship community, said Chief Deputy Todd Grimes. When they arrived on the scene, they found the victim, who lived in Elba, dead.
Grimes said the shooting happened inside a structure that housed thousands of chickens. The investigation showed that one of the victim’s co-workers was shooting at stray chickens located underneath a subfloor in the poultry house. Phillips was underneath the subfloor removing dead chickens at the time of the incident.
Worker fatally shot at Covington County poultry house Police lights (Source: Hawaii News Now/file) By WSFA Staff | December 22, 2020 at 7:48 AM CST - Updated December 22 at 9:36 AM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A person is dead after a shooting at a poultry farm in Covington County, the sheriffâs office announced Tuesday.
According to Sheriff Blake Turman, deputies were called around 4 p.m. to the poultry farm, located in the Friendship Community, on a report that someone had been shot. When they arrived, they found Robin Earl Phillips, 51 of Elba, had been fatally shot by a co-worker.
Turman says the shooting happened inside a poultry house that contained several thousand chickens. An investigation revealed that the co-worker was shooting stray chickens located underneath a subfloor while Phillips was removing the deceased chickens.