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violent weekend across Jefferson County

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Jun 18 2019 10:35 AM

It was violent weekend across Jefferson County with five people killed in less than 32 hours.


All five deaths stemmed from shootings, including a couple found slain in their Warrior home, an Ensley man killed during an exchange of gunfire with Birmingham police in Hueytown and another man shot during a suspected robbery at a southwest Birmingham home.


The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the five homicide victims as Demegious McAlle Osborne, 42, Kristy Lynn Pickett, 26, Tommy Ervin Shyrie, 58, Nicklous Laterrious Marina, 24, and Jamarcus Dejun Moore, 28.


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Below are some articles and statements between the Jefferson County Sheriff, the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in Jefferson County ( Birmingham ) and the Alabama Attorney General.


The articles are about the "priorities" of the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the County and the Alabama Attorney General.


APPLAUSE to the Jefferson County Sheriff in standing up to the Alabama Attorney General. The Jefferson County Sheriff has his "eye on the ball". And if this past weekend death toll tally of five people killed in Jefferson County in 32 hours does not show what the priority should be, then it is impossible to ever explain.


I DO NOT CARE about electronic bingo. That machine has not killed anyone. 


LET'S DISCUSS the State of Alabama being in the alcohol sales business, and then arresting you for driving what the State of Alabama sells. Which has killed more people, electronic bingo or the State of Alabama alcohol?



PAST STATEMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA SHERIFF





From where I sit every day in my office in Birmingham, AL, I have a different







view than Attorney General Steve Marshall and I am forced to deal with a different reality There is a great deal of violence and crime that affects the quality of life of the citizens of Jefferson County.







There are multiple cities in the county that are on the verge of becoming insolvent. These are things that I do not have the luxury to simply ignore. Attorney General Steve Marshall has been strangely silent when it comes to the violent crimes and poverty in the county.







I would like to see the same energy from the Mr. Marshall, when it comes to human







trafficking, domestic violence, bullying, and gun violence. Honestly, I wish things were different and I had as much time to focus on misdemeanor crimes as the Attorney General appears to have.




My focus will continue to be centered around delivering on the platform that I laid out to residents during my campaign. I will work to ensure that residents can feel safe in their own homes. I will work to bridge the gap between law enforcement and the community.






I will work to lower the recidivism rates, and I will always work to make sure that Jefferson County is a safe place to live, learn, and earn.”









BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is defending its lack of action against electronic bingo halls.






Monday a detective for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office opened five storage units showing off just some of the bingo machines taken in raids over the years.






“We have to take them into our custody and put them into storage at a secure location. We have to pay for this. This adds up,” Capt. David Agee with the Sheriff’s Office said.






There are 1500 machines at this one location. This cost the Sheriff’s office about $7,000 a year to store them. Agee said illegal gambling is only a misdemeanor crime.


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Marshall sent Sheriff Pettway a letter in mid-March saying the sheriff's role is to enforce the law and it's the court's role to interpret it. In response, the sheriff is deferring to local law enforcement to enforce the law. He also says electronic bingo is a misdemeanor crime and feels it’s too expensive to use resources to prosecute it. Attorney General Marshall tells us if the sheriff doesn't act, his office is ready to step in. "It’s my hope again that the sheriff does his job and that's to be able to enforce the law in Jefferson County. Second we have the ability because of the laws in the state of Alabama for the Attorney General to act. We're prepared to act to stop illegal activity,” Marshall said.






A defiant Sheriff Mark Pettway released a new statement Friday night harshly critical of the Attorney General. Pettway says Marshall has been “strangely silent” about Jefferson County’s violent crime and poverty.






Pettway also says he “wishes he had as much time to focus on misdemeanor crimes as the Attorney General appears to have."


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