‘Culture of corruption’ may destroy Hanceville Police Department: Scandal shocks small college town
The death of a dispatcher and drug-related arrests of police officers thrust an Alabama town into the national spotlight.
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Grand jury recommends abolishing Alabama police department: 'Culture of corruption'
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin, four of his officers and one of their wives had been indicted on corruption ...
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Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'immediately abolished'
Five officers were indicted amid a probe into the Hanceville Police Department. An Alabama grand jury has recommended that a city's police department be "immediately abolished," finding there is a ...
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Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'immediately abolished'
Five Hanceville police officers were arrested and charged amid a probe into the department, Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said. The spouse of one of the officers was also charged, he ...
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Grand jury says abolish Alabama police department immediately: 'Culture of corruption'
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin, four of his officers and one of their wives had been indicted on corruption ...
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Alabama police department should be abolished over "culture of corruption" after 5 officers charged, grand jury says
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief ... were also charged, AL.com reported. "This is a sad day for law ...
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Alabama police department should be ‘immediately abolished’ over ‘rampant culture of corruption’: grand jury
AL.com reported. The investigation was launched after Hanceville dispatcher Christopher Michael Willingham, 49, died on Aug. 23, 2024, from a toxic drug combination at work. Willingham’s death ...
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Grand jury recommends abolishing Alabama police department because of a ‘culture of corruption’
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers on a variety of charges that ...
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Grand jury calls for rural Alabama police department to be abolished
The police department for Hanceville, a city of some 3,200 people about 43 miles north of Birmingham, has been the subject of a sweeping investigation by state law enforcement following the August ...
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Alabama police department has ‘culture of corruption,’ grand jury says
HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of ...
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Alabama police department called a ‘criminal enterprise’ following indictment of 5 officers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A grand jury has called for the Hanceville Police Department to be abolished, calling it “more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency” following the ...