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Brendan Kirby

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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Brendan Kirby

    Citing Prichard’s evidence room, Mobile man charged with rape urges judge to throw out DNA evidence (opens the original)

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    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Citing the incompetence of the Prichard Police Department, a lawyer for a man charged with rape has asked a judge to throw out DNA evidence. Mobile County Circuit Judge Ben Brooks heard arguments and testimony Wednesday but said he will wait for written arguments before ruling. The case concerns rape charges against 50-year-old Willie Henry Ervin, of Mobile, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the Star Motel on Bessemer Avenue in 2023. Prichard police alleged t

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Brendan Kirby

    ‘Hands up! He’s down!’ – Newly released bodycam footage shows deadly Mobile SWAT raid (opens the original)

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    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the moment a teenager suffered gunshot wounds during a SWAT team raid on his house. U.S. District Judge Terry Moorer, who is presiding over a federal wrongful-death lawsuit filed by 16-year-old Randall Adjessom’s family, ordered the footage released over the objections of an attorney for one of the officers. The shooting occurred on Nov. 13, 2023, on Sheringham Drive, near Cottage Hill Road. The Mobile Police Department SWAT tea

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Brendan Kirby

    Mobile woman accused of retaliating against witnesses in drug ‘kingpin’ trial (opens the original)

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    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal grand jury has indicted a woman on witness retaliation charges, alleging that she sought to intimidate witnesses who testified at the trial of a drug “kingpin.” Tierra Shatalia “Badd Twin” Douglas, 35, of Mobile, faces charges of conspiracy to retaliate against witnesses, three counts of retaliating against a witness and contempt of court. She pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court. The contempt charge carries a six-month maximum sentence. But the oth

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Brendan Kirby

    Judge orders release of bodycam footage from deadly Mobile SWAT raid (opens the original)

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    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal judge Wednesday ruled that the public is allowed to see body camera video from a Mobile police SWAT team raid that led to a fatal shooting in 2023. The shooting occurred on Sheringham Drive in November 2023. Randall Adjessom, a teenager who lived at the house, died during that raid. U.S. District Judge Terry Moorer in July dismissed part of a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against Mobile police officers involved in the raid but allowed some counts to move forward. I

  5. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Brendan Kirby

    Judge rules against state Rep. Bracy in discrimination suit against Austal (opens the original)

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    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal judge Wednesday ruled against state Rep. Napoleon Bracy (D-Prichard) in his racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Austal USA. Bracy, who represents Prichard and surrounding areas in the Legislature, worked as a supervisor for the Mobile shipbuilder until the company fired him in 2024. He claimed that the company discriminated against him because he is black and because he unsuccessfully lobbied for another black man to become the company’s director

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