July 23, 2009
By Ebony Horton
Adam Brockett of Ozark was sentenced to 78 months in prison on Thursday by Dale County Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin. The sentence is pending a probation hearing in September. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Angela Piasecki, 24, who died when Brockett wrecked the vehicle he was driving. Brockett was apparently twice the legal limit in Alabama, authorities said.
July 22, 2009
By Ebony Horton
We now have a Facebook page! Go to http://www.facebook.com and search for Dothan Eagle - Ozark. Join our fan club. It’s in the preliminary stages now, but more will follow.
By Ebony Horton
from Dale County District Attorney’s office:
“An Enterprise man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in State Penitentiary
for a home invasion in Level Plains. Dale County District Attorney
Kirke Adams said that Timothy D. Council was convicted in February for
the January 26, 2007, First Degree Burglary of a Level Plains home. The
home was occupied at the time of the entry into the house and evidence
at trial showed that Council was armed with a weapon. The case was
tried by Assistant District Attorney Stephen Smith. Council was on
parole at the time of the crime. His parole was revoked and he remained
in custody until the trial and sentencing. Dale County Circuit Judge
Ken Quattlebaum sentenced Council to 20 years in State Prison. That
sentence will run consecutively with Council’s current Coffee County
sentence. Council has pending felony cases in Coffee County that
occurred during the same period as the Dale County case.“
July 21, 2009
By Ebony Horton
The following crimes/incidents were reported to the Ozark Police Department on Monday. Information provided by the Ozark Police Department:
Monday Ozark Police Reports
Found Contraband – Hwy 231 South – unknown subject left a small clear plastic bag containing what appears to be marihuana on the side lawn of the school campus.
Receiving Stolen Property – Dean Church Road – suspect was found to have a trailer in his possession that was stolen out of Dothan, Alabama.
Theft of Property 2nd/Criminal Trespass 3rd – White Oak Bend – suspect entered through the back door of victim’s garage and removed some power tools.
Domestic Harassment – Hull Street – suspect picked up a brick and threatened victim with bodily harm.
Leaving the Scene of an Accident – 401 US Hwy 231 South – suspect struck his vehicle causing damage to the rear bumper.
Burglary 3rd/Theft of property 2nd – Terrace Apartments – suspect opened victim’s door by unknown means and while inside removed a bank card, blood pressure medicine and stomach medicine.
Harassment – East College Street – suspect was a passenger in a vehicle that passed by victim’s residence and suspect leaned out of the vehicle and made a hand gesture as if he was pointing and shooting a gun at victim.
Harrassment - Cannon Station – suspect was attempting to get a refund for a pack of cigarettes and when he was told it was against the store policy the suspect became angry and stated he was gonna come back and “F*** Ya’ll Up”
Assault 3rd – Briarhill Court – suspect pushed the victim and assaulted her due to an argument over personal matters.
Obstructing Governmental Operations – Hull Street – suspect was being detained while this officer verified warrants on him and he fled on foot.
By Ebony Horton
Three local police departments moved toward clearing some unsolved bank robberies this week after witnesses helped nab a suspected serial robber in South Carolina.
Federal and state authorities believe Cecil Stephen Haire, 51, of Douglas, Ga., is the federally dubbed “Limping Bandit” who robbed 23 banks over three years that included three Colonial Banks in Enterprise, Ozark and Dothan, respectively.
Haire was arrested Friday following the National Bank of South Carolina bank robbery in Mount Pleasant, S.C., after a chauffeur and bank manager followed the vehicle Haire drove and recorded the tag number.
Mount Pleasant Police Information Officer Steve Meadows said Police Cpls. Justin Henbree and Carter Baldwin arrested Haire without incident in a parking lot.
Meadows said Haire later gave a statement about his involvement.
A press release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the Limping Bandit’s style was to wait in line as a customer before each robbery, produce a black handgun from under his shirt and approach the teller before limping while running away.
Dothan Police Lt. David Jay said federal agents were on the scene with local police when a robber fitting the description hit the Colonial Bank in Dothan in December 2007.
“Right after the robbery we were called from some people in South Carolina and the FBI tracked a suspect down, but locally we had never had any leads,” Jay said.
“It’s good to know law enforcement throughout the country can work together so quickly to try to close an unsolved case. Since our robbery we had been almost notified immediately that he had hit again.”
Meadows said solid information from an eye witness is ultimately what led to Haire’s arrest.
“This is a bad guy that needs to come off the streets ... This was the second time he hit us,” Meadows said.
FBI Spokeswoman Denise Taiste said the FBI is working with local authorities to determine how Haire will be charged.
How much money Haire is accused of taking over the years was not released because the case is still under investigation, she said.
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The following is a list of the banks Haire is accused of robbing:
Alabama (3):
Colonial Bank, Enterprise 3/13/2007
Colonial Bank, Ozark 9/4/2007
Colonial Bank, Dothan 2/19/2007
South Carolina (12):
Regions Bank, Summerville, S.C. —9/11/2007
First Citizens Bank, Orangeburg, SC—10/09/2007
National Bank of SC, Mt. Pleasant, SC—10/25/2007
First Federal, Charleston, SC—10/25/2007
Security Federal Bank, Aiken, SC—11/20/2007
BB&T, Sumter, SC—12/27/2007
Carolina First Bank, Edgefield, SC—1/3/2008
Bank of America, Orangeburg, SC 4/10/2008
National Bank of SC, Summerville, SC—9/16/2008
National Bank of SC, Charleston, SC—4/9/2009
Regions Bank, Summerville, SC—5/11/2009
National Bank of SC, Mt. Pleasant, SC—7/17/2009
Georgia (3):
BB&T, Tifton, Georgia—6/5/2006
Regions Bank, Cordele, Georgia—6/20/2006
Southwest Georgia Bank, Moultrie, Georgia—7/17/2006
Florida (5):
Capital City Bank, Chipley, FL—11/6/2006
Wachovia Bank, Perry, FL—5/16/2007
Wachovia Bank, Tallahassee, FL—4/15/2008
First Federal Bank of Florida, Lake City, FL—6/3/2008
People’s First Community Bank, Tallahassee, FL—1/2/2009
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation
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