A convicted felon who was among two suspects charged with the 2022 murder of a Pell City woman who was fatally run over while trying to thwart a car break-in was sentenced to life in prison Monday As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Shawna Alyssa Masten, 31, of Pell City, pleaded guilty in St. […]
An initiative to support those released from prison in Alabama aims to cut the state’s recidivism rate in half by 2030. The Alabama Commission on Reentry, also known as Reentry Alabama, met Tuesday and emphasized the need for collaboration and communication to help former inmates find jobs and housing and help them deal with issues […]
A San Marcos, Texas man who posed as a deaf, non-speaking girl to sexually exploit children now faces life in prison. Christopher Scott Little, 48, pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor and was sentenced to life in a federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on Monday, U.S. Attorney for […]
A Chelsea man faces at least 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing his wife more than 40 times in 2021, according to Suffolk prosecutors. Mario Mira, 51, pleaded guilty on Aug. 15 to first-degree murder in the 2021 death of his estranged wife, Paula Andrea Ortiz, 47, in their Chelsea apartment, officials […]
