Local News in Smiths Station, Alabama
PCPD: Murder warrant for Smiths Station man
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:08:04 -0800
A Capital Murder warrant has been issued for the arrest of 25-year-old Walter Robert Lee Patterson III of Smiths Station, Alabama.
Alabama man in post-BCS video bonds out of jail
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:12:32 -0800
Jail officials have released on bond an Alabama man accused of committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship football game. Court officials say Alabama University graduate Brian Downing of Smiths Station posted a $10,000 bond Friday afternoon and was released. The 32-year-old surrendered to New Orleans police on Thursday night.
Alabama Department of Environmental Management to aid Mill Creek cleanup
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:27:19 -0800
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management on Wednesday trumpeted a new push among local and state officials to clean up the Mill Creek Watershed, an ailing body of water that flows from Smiths Station, Ala., through Phenix City into the Chattahoochee River.
Former deputy chief sentenced in federal court for embezzling
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 -0800
Angelia Curran, former Deputy Chief of the Friendship Volunteer Fire Department and resident of Smiths Station, Alabama was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on federal charges of embezzlement of federal funds.
Smiths Station resident in lewd BCS video arrested
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:15:49 -0800
The man in an infamous football fan video, identified as Brian Downing, a Central High and University of Alabama graduate, was arrested late Thursday.
Alabama announces push to clean up Mill Creek
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:09:34 -0800
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced a new effort among local and state officials to clean up the Mill Creek Watershed as a new whitewater rafting course is developed in the Phenix City and Columbus, Ga. areas. The creek flows from Smiths Station through Phenix City into the Chattahoochee River. The Columbus Leger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly ...
Greater shame for Alabama: Harvey Updyke or Big Easy Tea-Bagger? (poll)
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:13:45 -0800
Update : Brian Downing , 32, of Smiths Station, Ala., surrendered in New Orleans on Thursday night. , He was booked on charges of sexual battery and obscenity. He was videotaped Jan. 9 "placing his genitals on an LSU fan's face.
Police arrest Alabama man
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:46:32 -0800
Video courtesy of WVUE NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Alabama man was arrested late Wednesday in connection with a video appearing to show someone in a University of Alabama jacket abusing an unconscious Louisiana State University fan after Alabama beat LSU for the BCS football championship. Brian Downing, 32, of Smiths Station, Ala., was booked on charges of sexual battery and obscenity. He was ...
Update: Former Smiths Station volunteer firefighter gets probation for embezzling thousands
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:34:54 -0800
A former Smiths Station volunteer fire firefighter who embezzled thousands of dollars in federal grant money was sentenced today to five years of probation and six months of home confinement.
Sex offender status possible for fan in football video
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:03:09 -0800
If convicted of sexual battery charges, the Smiths Station resident captured on video apparently rubbing his genitals in the face of a passed-out man in New Orleans following January’s BCS National Championship Game must register in Lee County as a sex offender, according to a Lee County official.