1 killed in Jackson Co. wreck

Friday, June 7th, 2013, 10:56pm

JACKSON COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- A two
vehicle crash killed one person Friday afternoon on Highway 40 in Jackson County
just before 4 p.m.

Authorities
say 24-year-old Alisha Jane Hicks of Haleyville died at the scene.

State troopers are trying to determine the cause of the wreck.

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Red Bay business owner arrested on sex abuse charges

Submitted by WAFF Web Staff

Friday, June 7th, 2013, 5:44pm

Theron McKinney is being held on a $50,000 bond.

RED BAY, AL (WAFF)- A business owner in Red Bay is facing sex abuse charges, accused of groping a female employee.

69-year-old Theron McKinney is being held on $50,000 bond.

He owns McKinney RV on Hospital Road.

The complaint was made last week.

The ABI joined Red Bay Police in the investigation.

Mckinney denies the accusations.

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Russellville man charged in rape

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Friday, June 7th, 2013, 2:02pm

TUSCUMBIA, AL (WAFF)- A Franklin County man is in jail, accused of raping a woman at a Tuscumbia motel Saturday, police said.

Authorities said Harry Wayne Roberts of Russellville is charged with first-degree rape.

Tuscumbia Police Detective Lt. Stuart Setliff said Roberts is accused of raping a 26-year-old woman.

According to Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan, the rape reportedly happened at the Four-Way Motel on U.S. 43.

Roberts bond was set at $75,000. He was also arrested for a string of tractor
thefts in Russellville last month and faces new charges.

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Court records detail federal raid on Franklin Co. tax business

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Thursday, June 6th, 2013, 10:22pm

Federal agents raided the tax business in Spruce Pine.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- Court records released late Thursday afternoon detail charges in the federal raid on an income tax business in Franklin County.

The 19 page indictment lays out charges against people connected to JP Tax professional services. It details what government investigators say is a case of mail and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

More than a dozen people are named in this indictment, some are in Franklin County and some are in Louisiana.

Federal agents raided the business in Spruce Pine Tuesday. Agents loaded files and other items from the home into a truck.

Neighbors say federal agents took two people into custody.

The alleged scheme revolves around individual taxpayer identification numbers used to obtain documents such as social security numbers.

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Franklin Co. woman, man charged with rape

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Thursday, June 6th, 2013, 6:01pm

FRANKLIN COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- Investigators said a Franklin
County woman set up sexual encounters between a 14-year-old girl and a 36-year-old
man.

Lorie Hopson, 33, is
charged with second degree rape.

Deputies said she allowed
the teen to have sex with José Jimenez multiple times.

The woman claims she did
it to prevent the teen from running away to Mexico with the man.

Jiminez is also facing
rape charges.

Both are in the Franklin County Jail.

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Thieves target cattle in Lauderdale Co.

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Thursday, June 6th, 2013, 4:54pm

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- An alert for cattle owners in the Shoals: The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department and state authorities are investigating reports of cattle rustling.

Investigators say more than 50 heads of cattle have been stolen since May.

Investigators said they are happening in the western part of the county out near Central and Waterloo, but they warn they could happen anywhere.

Investigators believe the thieves are targeting the farms after dark.

In most of the cases, farmers say the locks off their gates were broken or cut off.

Investigators say about 61 cattle have been stolen. That number includes cows, calves, and some bulls. They fear there could be more.

Randy Hill has a herd out on County Road 100.

You can still see the marks in the ditch from where the crooks drove their trailer through his pasture.

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Keep an eye on your kids during the summer

Submitted by Chase Erwin, WAFFstaffer

Thursday, June 6th, 2013, 1:04pm

Keep an eye on your kids during the summer

Earlier Thursday morning, a Huntsville child accidentally set fire to a shed while playing with a lighter.

Huntsville Fire Captain Steve Butler said that the fire could have been much more catastrophic, due to the fact that there was a fuel tank stored in the shed that could have exploded had the fire spread or intensified.

Butler also reminds families to keep a more watchful eye on your children during these summer months away from school. In this case, this refers to making sure all lighters, matches and other flammable materials are kept where little hands can't get to them.

In general, however, parents must be more dilligent in keeping tabs on where their children are and what they are doing. Any moment can be "that one moment" we all hear too often when an accident happens involving a child where the parent stepped away.

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