(Montgomery) – “The job of the Attorney General’s Office is to represent the sewer system ratepayers, and we will diligently review any rate structure proposed during the bankruptcy proceedings to ensure that rates are just and reasonable.”
(Montgomery) – Attorney General Strange today responded to a letter released by Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez which confirmed that the Department of Justice has no authority to compel Alabama School Superintendents to provide information requested by Perez’ office earlier this week. In a letter to Acting State School Superintendent Larry Craven, Attorney General Strange → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Luther Strange announced that information and guidance will be posted on the Attorney General’s website regarding Alabama’s new immigration law, Act No. 2011-535, and the legal challenges to the law. The information may be found at www.ago.alabama.gov. The Attorney General’s primary role remains to fulfill his duty to represent the State defendants in → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Luther Strange announced the sentencing of a former municipal court clerk for first-degree theft of funds from the Spanish Fort Municipal Court. Mary Luft was sentenced on November 1 in Baldwin County Circuit Court to five years imprisonment, which was suspended and split for her to serve 120 days in jail and the → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Luther Strange announced the sentencing today of a former state school board candidate for campaign finance disclosure violations. Troy W. Smithwick Jr., 68, of Sylacauga, was convicted in Talladega County Circuit Court on September 20 of two counts of violating the Alabama Fair Campaign Practices Act. He was sentenced today to a suspended → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange today announced the arrests of two nurses formerly employed by a Marion County nursing home for the theft of controlled substances from the facility. Amelia Hamrick, 57, of Winfield, and Genevieve Jones, 50, of Hamilton, are charged with second-degree theft of controlled substances from the Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Guin, → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange announced another significant cold case victory, with the conviction and sentencing of a man for a 1995 rape in Lee County. Kevin Tawan Ross pleaded guilty on October 24 in Lee County Circuit Court to first-degree rape. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Ross, 34, is of Opelika. The Attorney → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Luther Strange today announced he has selected Sylacauga Police Chief Louis Zook to serve as his office’s new law enforcement coordinator. Zook is a long-time law enforcement veteran who has served nearly 17 years as police chief of Sylacauga. He will begin work in the Attorney General’s Office on December 1. “I am → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Luther Strange announced that a Baldwin County man was sentenced yesterday to serve 15 years in prison for sex crimes he committed in 2007 against three children aged younger than 12. Tony Edward Coyle, 31, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for one count of first-degree sexual abuse. Additionally, he was sentenced to → Read the full story
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange and Department of Corrections Commissioner Kim Thomas announced the arrest today of a former correctional lieutenant who is charged with murder in the beating death of an inmate at Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County on August 4, 2010. Michael Anthony Smith was arrested today by agents of the Attorney General’s → Read the full story
