Vestavia Hills police chase started with traffic stop, ended with Homewood mother killed
Updated 3:16 PM;
Today 1:06 PM
A 42-year-old woman was killed April 26, 2021 when a man fleeing Vestavia Hills police crashed into a Jeep Wrangler in which she was a passenger. (Special to AL.com)
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A 42-year-old Homewood mother of two young daughters was killed when a man fleeing Vestavia Hills police slammed into the Jeep Wrangler in which she was a passenger.
Robyn Naftel Herring, a nurse practitioner at UAB Hospital, was pronounced dead on Lakeshore Parkway near the Interstate 65 ramp at 6:55 p.m. Monday. The suspect who hit her remains at large.
Armed carjacking suspect captured after leading dozens of lawmen on 2-county chase
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
A suspect was captured after an armed carjacking and two-county chase on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Contributed)
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A suspect is in custody after a carjacking and two-county chase Thursday morning.
The incident began in Chilton County. Sheriff John Shearon said the suspect – who has not yet been publicly identified – was reportedly driving a vehicle reported stolen out of Birmingham. He used that stolen vehicle to ram the back of a white Toyota Sequoia driven by a woman.
When the woman got out of the vehicle to check for damage, the suspect brandished a gun and took her Sequoia. Multiple agencies began to pursue the suspect. Those agencies included in the chase were the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office, and police from Clanton, Thorsby, Jemison, Calera, Pelham and Alabaster.
VIDEO: 5 Calera police officers rescue suspect from near-freezing water near Chick-Fil-A
5 Calera officers jump in near-freezing water to save suspect SOURCE: Calera Police Dept. By WBRC Staff | February 15, 2021 at 2:39 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 4:54 PM
CALERA, Ala. (WBRC) - Five Calera Police officers jumped in a near-freezing lake Sunday night to save a man considered a suspect.
Calera Police Chief David Hyche said it started around 11:30 p.m. as a suspicious person near a business.
Chief Hyche said Sgt. Jay Cardwell spotted two people near the Chick-Fil-A. The restaurant was closed when Cardwell drove into the parking lot and one of the two people took off running.
5 Alabama police officers rescue intoxicated suspect from lake near Chick-fil-A
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
What started out as a suspicious person near a Calera business ended up with a suspect and five police officers in near-freezing water late Sunday night.
In the end, all were OK but Calera Police Chief David Hyche said it could have had a much different ending. “We narrowly avoided a great tragedy last night,’ he said.
It all began about 11:30 p.m. when Sgt. Jay Cardwell spotted two people near the closed Chick-Fil-A entrance in Calera. Cardwell drove into the parking lot and one of the two people took off running.