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Crime Stoppers Tip Line (256) 238-1414 Calhoun COunty Sheriff'S office

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Montigo Lee Arrington Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 22-Dec-76 Race: White Sex: Male Height : 5'6" Weight : 130 Hair Color: Blak Eye Color: Brown Charges: Manuf Meth I

Kristy Mason Bailey Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 20-Jun-75 Race: White Sex: Female Height : 5'1 Weight : 110 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Hazel Charges: Poss/Rec Cntr Sub (Alias), Use/Poss Drg Para (Alias)

Antonio Rapheal Culver Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 07-Jun-79 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 6"1" Weight : 200 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Poss/Rec Cntr Sub (Prob Revoc)

Karen Ladonna Hindman Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 06-Jan-85 Race: White Sex: Female Height : 5'3" Weight : 120 Hair Color: Red Eye Color: Brown Charges: Thft Prop III (Prob Revoc)

Gary Wayne Hoffman Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 22-Sep-65 Race: White Sex: Male Height : 5'10" Weight : 210 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Charges: Illegal Poss Presc Drug (Prob Revoc)

Rodney Lynn Kirksey Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 25-Feb-66 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 5'11 Weight : 180 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Arrest Order-Child Support

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Claude Edward Johnson Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 17-May-77 Race: White Sex: Male Height : 6'1" Weight : 160 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Charges: Manuf Cntr Sub (Prob Revoc)

Christopher Shane Keitt Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 17-Sep-85 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 5'8" Weight : 120 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Poss Marij II (Prob Revoc)

Donarius Quinez Kincaid Status: Wanted Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 5'8" Weight : 148 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Poss Frgd Instr (Alias)

Dawarte Jamal Elston Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 25-Apr-87 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 5'6" Weight : 125 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Poss/Redc Cntr Sub (Prob Rev)

Bernard Mays Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 06-Apr-58 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 6'1 Weight : 198 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Viol Comm Notif

Joshua Paul McCaskill Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 11-Mar-82 Race: White Sex: Male Height : 5'11 Weight : 225 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Charges: POSS MARIJ II (ALIAS), USE/POSS DRUG PARA (ALIAS)

Rebecca Lee McGatha Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 28-Jan-76 Race: White Sex: Female Height : 5'5" Weight : 130 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Green Charges: Fraud Use Credit Card (Prob Revoc)

George Houstin Smith IV Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 28-Oct-62 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 5'8 Weight : 180 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Arrest Order-Child Support

Demetrius Lavarne Stripling Status: Wanted Date of Birth : 29-Jan-84 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 6'2 Weight : 245 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Charges: Arrest Order-Child Support

If you have any information about these persons call the Calhoun County/Anniston Crime Stoppers Tip Line (256) 238-1414

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Calhoun County’s Most Wanted TV show presented at national conference

By Sherry Kughn The Star Marketing Department Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson and his staff practice the adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try again.” In years past, they tried running photographs of persons wanted for crimes in Calhoun County on a local cable channel, but a change in programming brought the idea to a halt. The idea did not die, though, and was resurrected as the popular television program, “Calhoun County’s Most Wanted.” Three years ago, several entities began working together to produce the show, including individuals from the sheriff’s office, operators of WJXS TV24, and a host from a local radio station.

The three producers of “Calhoun County’s Most Wanted”, Amerson; radio personality Chris Wright of Rock 105.9 and Rock 98.3; and Sgt. Jon Garlick of the Calhoun County sheriff’s office, recently promoted the program at the National Sheriff’s Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a venue with 3,500 law enforcement officials.

They told those who attended their hourlong training session how they could create a partnership within their own counties and produce a similar show. They taught attendees the importance of working with the local media. Law enforcement officials were told that “Calhoun County’s Most Wanted” has resulted in the arrest of 1,509 criminals since its inception three years ago.

“When we get a call telling us where we can go find a criminal ‘right now,’ ” said Amerson, “it saves valuable time.”

Apparently, other law enforcement agen-

cies want to save on manpower and want to arrest criminals. The show’s producers have been asked by other agencies to travel and make similar presentations about the success of “Calhoun County’s Most Wanted” programming.

With airtime paid for by local advertisers, TV24 is required to only run the show twice a week, but it often runs five or six times. “The media gets a good show and gives people a reason for tuning in,” said Garlick, who wears many hats in producing the show, including providing material for it, selling ads, doing voice-overs for the most wanted line-up, and sometimes hosting the program.

Wright said many of the law enforcement officials who came into the presentation figured they would not be able to accomplish the task of putting together a program similar to the local most wanted television program. When the session ended, they thought differently. “They realized it isn’t out of reach,” said Wright. “If they want to do this, a lot of people in their community would like to be a part of it.”

Wright volunteers his time as the show’s main host and said it is a win-win situation for him. “I have kids growing up in this community,” he said. “I want it to be safe.

Also, this gives me additional exposure for my radio station and me. We want people to see we are concerned about making this a better community.”

TV24's Mickey Shadrix, said he is proud that “Calhoun County’s Most Wanted” is

gaining attention. “The show provides a tremendous community service and gives local law enforcement a powerful tool to aid in capturing criminals,” he said. “It is very satisfying to know that this joint venture has made our community a safer place.”

Calhoun County’s Most Wanted can be seen on TV24 every Tuesday night at 7:30 and Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

Note: “The Crime Bulletin” was inspired by “Calhoun County’s Most Wanted” TV Show and works with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Anniston Police Department and Oxford Police Department to provide information to our community.

Calhoun County’s Most Wanted on TV24 hosted by Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson & Chris Wright

1509 Arrests Tune in Tuesday Nights at 7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m.

Crime Stoppers Tip Line (256) 238-1414

Calhoun County Registered Sex Offenders For more information on these offenders go to http://www.calhouncountysheriff.org/sex_offenders.cfm

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Willie Earl Ellis Status: Registered Date of Birth : 20-Sep-45 Race: Black Sex: Male Height : 5’9” Weight : 150 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Last Reported Address: Whereabouts Unknown , Registered County : Calhoun Offense County : Cherokee Offenses : Sexual Abuse I Victims: Female - 25 yrs

Elijah Ladale Franklin Status: Registered Date of Birth : 14-Nov-79 Race: White Sex: Male Height : 6’1” Weight : 160 Hair Color: Red Eye Color: Brown Last Reported Address: Whereabouts Unknown , Registered County : Calhoun Offense County : Clay Offenses : Sodomy II Victims: Female - 14 yrs

John Paul Hernandez Status: Registered Date of Birth : 08-Jan-56 Race: Hispanic Sex: Male Height : 5’6” Weight : 300 Hair Color: Gray Eye Color: Brown Last Reported Address: Whereabouts Unknown , Registered County : Calhoun Offense County : Unknown County, TX Offenses : Aggravated Sexual Assault/ Sexual Abuse I Victims: Female - 5 yrs

Darrell Gene Smith Status: Registered Date of Birth : 18-Feb-63 Race: White Sex: Male Height : 5’8” Weight : 190 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Green Last Reported Address: Whereabouts Unknown , Registered County : Calhoun Offense County : Calhoun Offenses : Sexual Abuse I x 5 Victims: Males - 9 & 11 yrs

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Freddie Harold Smith Status: Registered Date of Birth : 28-Jan-30 Race: White Sex: Male Height : 5’6” Weight : 150 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Last Reported Address: Whereabouts Unknown , Registered County : Calhoun Offense County : Baldwin Offenses : Rape x 2 Victims: Females - 15 & 16 yrs

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Amber M. Dupree 5’00” 125 lbs.

DOB: 1990-05-30 CONTEMPT TOP 3RD

Billy G. Elder 6’02” 170 lbs.

DOB: 1949-06-25 BURGLARY 2ND

Jessica L Grizzard 5’01” 95 lbs DOB: 1984-08-06 CONTEMPT OF COURT

Jerred L Smith 5’10” 185 lbs.

DOB: 1984-07-28 PUR OF EPH X 3

Matthew L. Snelling 6’03” 163 lbs.

DOB: 1982-12-30 PUR OF EPH X3

Shawn Donta Cross Date of Birth: 01-Jan-73 Charges: Possession of Forged Instrument

Anita Michelle Henegar Date of Birth : 31-Jul-67 Charges: Purchase of Ephedrine

Claudia Elizabeth Mallery Date of Birth : 6-May-63 Charges: Contempt of Court (DUI)

Christopher Earl Gannaway Burglary

Noretta R. Lipscomb Distribution of Controlled Substance

Meshele Edgeworth Theft of Property 1st

Christina Flowers Theft of Property 3rd 7 Counts

Robert Reece -F.T.ATHEFT OF PROPERTY 3RD

Samuel Earl Jamison Burglary 3rd

Billy Gene Elder Burglary 3rd

These individuals are wanted by the Oxford Police Department, If you have information concerning these individuals, please contact the Oxford Police Department at (256) 831-3121 or your local Law Enforcement agency.

Or you can leave your information on our Tip Line at (256) 241-4556, you do not have to leave your name.

Oxford Police Seek leads in theft suspect identity The Oxford Police Department needs the assistance of the community in identifying a theft suspect who has stolen items from unlocked vehicles in the Oxford area. The suspect is a white male, approximately 5’11” wearing what appears to be a backpack.

If you see someone in your neighborhood matching this persons description please call the Oxford Police Department Communications at 256-831-3121.

If you have any information, please contact Investigator D. Ashley at 256-835-6119. You do not have to give your name.

Area Scam Alerts Courtesy of Oxford Police Department Telemarketing Fraud

Nigerian Letter or "419" Fraud

When you send money to people you do not know personally or give personal or financial information to unknown callers, you increase your chances of becoming a victim of telemarketing fraud.

Nigerian letter frauds combine the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme in which a letter, mailed from Nigeria, offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars that the author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of Nigeria. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationery, bank name and account numbers and other identifying information using a facsimile number provided in the letter. Some of these letters have also been received via E-mail through the Internet. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who has demonstrated a "propensity for larceny" by responding to the invitation, to send money to the author of the letter in Nigeria in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.

Payment of taxes, bribes to government officials, and legal fees are often described in great detail with the promise that all expenses will be reimbursed as soon as the funds are spirited out of Nigeria. In actuality, the millions of dollars do not exist and the victim eventually ends up with nothing but loss. Once the victim stops sending money, the perpetrators have been known to use the personal information and checks that they received to impersonate the victim, draining bank accounts and credit card balances until the victim's assets are taken in their entirety. While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually. Some victims have been lured to Nigeria, where they have been imprisoned against their will, in addition to losing large sums of money.

The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims of these schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from Nigeria in a manner that is contrary to Nigerian law. The schemes themselves violate section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence the label "419 fraud."

Warning signs - what a caller may tell you:

• You must act 'now' or the offer won't be good.

• You've won a 'free' gift, vacation, or prize. But you have to pay for "postage and handling" or other charges.

• You must send money, give a credit card or bank account number, or have a check picked up by courier. You may hear this before you have had a chance to consider the offer carefully.

• You don't need to check out the company with anyone. The callers say you do not need to speak to anyone including your family, lawyer, accountant, local Better Business Bureau, or consumer protection agency.

• You don't need any written information about their company or their references.

• You can't afford to miss this 'high-profit, no-risk' offer.

If you hear these or similar "lines" from a telephone salesperson, just say "no thank you," and hang up the phone.

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Brent Ashley Craighead W/M 6’1” 175 lbs.

Unlawful Breaking and Entering

Quinton Lamar Davis B/M 6’0” • 230 lbs.

Reckless Endangerment Fleeing & Attempting to elude police Driving While Revoked Failure to Signal, Failure to Appear

Cedrick Dejuan Jenkins B/M 6’2” 220 lbs.

Theft of Property 2nd Degree Fraudulent Use of Credit Card

Lebrearrian Eric Pitts B/M 5’6” 130 lbs.

Burglary 3rd Degree X2 Unlawful Breaking & Entering of Vehicle

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Tavares Lashaun Dates Dates has two active warrants for Burglary 1st. degree and Sodomy 1st. degree

DONALD WATTS 6’01” 165LBS. Brown Hair Green eyes Wanted for: Theft of property 1st degree Failure to pay Failure to appear

GAREZ REED 5’ 8” 240 LB. Wanted for: Assault 2nd degree Failure to appear

Altonio Deon Douthit 5’ 10” 195 lbs.

Possession of drug paraphernalia Possession of marihuana 1st degree

Contact the Anniston Police Department at 238-1800 or Crime Stoppers at 238-1414.

You do not have to give your name.

Leads still being pursued for missing woman

By Elsie Hodnett Consolidated News Service RIVERSIDE — Investigators are continuing to pursue leads searching for a missing St. Clair County woman. Kelley Henderson Howard, 41, of Pell City has been missing since June 2.

“We have made some discoveries, and have person or persons of interest,” Riverside Police Chief Rick Oliver said.

Howard was last seen at Family Dentistry in Riverside, where she works as a dental hygienist. “Things are still the same,” said Robin Bush, Howard’s sister. “We are trying to work some and hang in there.” Bush said Oliver is tightlipped regarding the investigation.

“He (Oliver) said when the investigation is done with, we (Kelley’s family) will be called in and go from the front to the back of everything. We can ask questions and find out answers at that point.”

Bush said she has been back to work some.

“I am working as much as I can,” she said.

“Some days I get really upset at work and have to go home.”

Bush said Howard’s husband, Boyd Howard, has not returned to work. “As every day and month goes by, it is harder on the family,” she said.

“Not knowing is the hard part. I sit and think that I can’t call her or share things with her like I used to. And it is hard for Boyd to live without her.”

Bush said Howard stays at home a lot. “It is hard to face the public,” she said. “When we do come out, everyone wants to know what’s going

on and it is hard for us to talk about it.” Bush said there are still rumors about her sister.

“There are rumors going around that Kelley has been found, but Kelley hasn’t been found,” Bush said. “Kelley is still missing.” Bush said her father, Larry Henderson, has gone back to work some. “My mom (Peggy) stays home by the phone, waiting on any word,” she said.

Bush said the family remains in close touch with one another. “Someone is always calling Shaun (Derusha, Kelley Howard’s son) to make sure he is OK,” she said. “We assure him that he will be all right.” Bush said Derusha and Boyd Howard speak daily. “We are a really close family,” she said. “We don’t go a day without talking to each other.” Bush said some of Kelley Howard’s high school friends have created a Facebook page to help search for Howard. “We are grateful to her friends for putting the page up,” she said. “Everyone wants to help.” Bush said she is a member of her sister’s Facebook page but is not associated with the page in any other way.

“I keep up with what people are writing on the page, and have been in chat forums,” she said.

“We want to let people know that the family is not accusing anyone, we just want her back.

There are a lot of caring people out there. Say a prayer that the family has some closure.”

Bush said she is grateful for media coverage on Howard’s disappearance.

“It has been six weeks,” she said. “It is really getting unbearable on the family. The longer it

takes, the harder it is on us. We ask that everyone continue praying for us and keep us in mind.”

Anyone with information about Kelley Henderson Howard’s whereabouts should contact the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department or the Riverside Police Department at 205-884-3333.