Baldwin County, Alabama News and Discussion
March 4th, 2011 — Crime, Elberta
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office has charged Chief Pledger with the following:
1. Firing into an occupied building
2. Filing a false police report
3. Tampering with evidence.
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested Elberta Police Chief Mickey Pledger for making a false report. The arrest stems from a report the chief made two weeks ago.
The chief said that someone tried to “kill him” outside the police department.
Elberta Police Chief Charged With Filing a False Police Report
March 4th, 2011 — Crime, Schools, Stockton
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a woman accused in an attack on school bus in Stockton this morning.
Deputies arrested Tippi Mims, 31, this afternoon.
Just before 7 a.m., Mims, 18-year-old Fredrick Boykin Jr. and a 14-year-old juvenile stormed a school bus while it was on a stop boarding children on St. Luke Church Road. The bus driver and of some of the children were able to force the attackers from the bus and call for help.
Baldwin County bus stormed; driver held down while teen girl attacked
Tipsy Tippi? Check her out on Facebook Good news, boys: Relationship status is listed as “In an open relationship” Claims to be interested in men, but a little time in ladies home might change that.
Freddie’s on the Facebook, too: Fred Boykin
Who would be friends with these types or people? Almost 1000 friends listed between the two of them.
March 1st, 2011 — Crime, Daphne
Baldwin County grand jury to hear case against Bon Secour man accused of threatening police officer
Arraignments set in two sex-crime cases in Baldwin County
Daphne police arrest ‘Pop Crum,’ Montrose man sought since January, on burglary charge
Guilty verdict returned against Bay Minette man in baseball bat attack
February 23rd, 2011 — Crime, Daphne
A man whose body was discovered Sunday in his apartment had been strangled with a pair of electrical cords by a man who had been his roommate for just a week, police said today.
Steven McCullough’s wife had been living in San Antonio for the past 6 weeks, caring for a sick relative, police spokesman Lt. Jud Beedy said Tuesday.
Carmadelle, 31, signed a confession late Monday, and law-enforcement officers charged him with capital murder, Beedy said.
February 23rd, 2011 — Crime, Daphne, Schools
A Daphne High School student is in jail after school officials say he made terrorist threats. Aaron Sims was arrested during school on Friday.
“You don’t shout ‘bomb’ in an airport, and there’s certain things you don’t say in schools,” Baldwin County Schools spokesperson Terry Wilhite said. “He made some comments that the teacher felt to be threatening.”
Officials won’t say exactly what Aaron Sims mumbled, but they do say it happened after Sims was called to the office for not being in compliance with the school’s uniform policy.
Students Cautious About What They Say After Fellow Student Lands in Jail
Daphne High student charged with making terrorist threat over uniform policy
February 21st, 2011 — Crime, Daphne
Daphne High School Principal sent this message to parents today:
… student was arrested Friday for “making a terrorist threat”. The student made extemporaneous comments after being referred to the office on a discipline matter. The school was never in any danger nor did we go into lockdown. Our administration asked our School Resource Officer (SRO) to assist and the SRO took the student to the police station. I stress to students all the time that every comment is taken seriously by the school, the district and law enforcement
February 21st, 2011 — Crime, Daphne
Daphne Police are investigating the death of a man found in his apartment Sunday as a homicide.
Steven Mccullough, 43, was found dead in his apartment at Grande Point Apartments in Lake Forest after someone called police to check on him.
February 16th, 2011 — Crime, Robertsdale
Robertsdale Police have recovered the bronze vases that were stolen over the weekend from area cemeteries. And shortly after the discovery, the suspects turned themselves in.
Flowers and grave markers are the final reminders of friends, siblings, and parents at Baldwin Memorial Cemetery. But when uninvited visitors robbed graveyards throughout the area, many were angered beyond belief.
The suspects, 49-year-old William Thomas Douglas and his sister, 40-year-old Amber Douglas Jerkins, turned themselves in later in the day. Police say the pair face first degree theft charges.
February 14th, 2011 — Crime
A family in Baldwin County is upset after their loved ones gravesites were vandalized at the Baldwin Memorial Cemetery and Hale Cemetery.
Suzy Archer said over the weekend, bronze vases were removed from her families burial plot and from her mother-in-law’s grave.
February 14th, 2011 — Crime, Elberta
Police Chief Mickey Pledger dislocated his right shoulder Sunday during an exchange of gunfire with a man at about 10:30 p.m., the chief said Monday.
The chief fired one shot at the assailant, but was not sure if he hit the person, who escaped.
February 14th, 2011 — Crime, Daphne
February 14th, 2011 — Crime, Elberta
Elberta Police Chief Mickey Pledger got more than what he bargained for Sunday night, when he went to retrieve a file from his vehicle.
Pledger said after he got the file, he turned around to go back into the building. When he did, there was a man standing in between Pledger and the building, staring at the building. He was wearing all black clothing.
The chief asked the man if he could help him. When he did, the man whipped around and fired a shot at Pledger, then took off. Pledger drew his weapon and fired on shot. He doesn’t know if it hit the suspect.
February 11th, 2011 — Crime, Daphne
A series of thefts and vehicle break-ins along the Eastern Shore appear to have been done by juveniles and young adults who have coordinated the break-ins to occur on specific nights, Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack said in a news release today.
The crimes are being investigated by the Sheriff’s Office along with the Daphne Police Department and the Spanish Fort Police Department. Most incidents have happened at night or in the early hours of the morning and have occurred in various subdivisions, the report states.
Daphne police say vehicle break-ins appear to be coordinated effort by juveniles and 20-somethings
February 4th, 2011 — Crime
A man accused of dumping animal carcasses on a neighbor’s property in Seminole remained in the Baldwin County Corrections Center on Thursday after turning himself in Wednesday evening, according to Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack.
Allen Dewayne Kleinschmidt, 34, was charged with criminal littering and failure to bury livestock, both of which are misdemeanors and carry bail of $500. Kleinschmidt made bail on the two charges but remained jailed because of a probation violation. Mack said he did know the nature of the violation.
Man accused of dumping horse, donkey and dog carcasses on neighbor’s property
February 2nd, 2011 — Bay Minette, Crime, Schools
A student from Baldwin County High School was arrested Monday after other students reported he had a gun on a school bus.
Terry Wilhite, Director of Communications for Baldwin County Schools, tells LOCAL 15 News the student was showing off the gun to middle schoolers, who reported it to school officials.
High Schooler Arrested for Gun on School Bus in Baldwin County
