Marty Roney

Prattville

Autauga and Elmore Counties Reporter at Montgomery Advertiser

Reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser, USA Today correspondent for Alabama. Redneck country boy. Shooter of politically incorrect firearms. History geek.

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Articles

Montgomery man killed in Monday shooting

5 days ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Marty Roney

Police in Montgomery are conducting a homicide investigation following an early Monday morning shooting. On June 2, at about 12:30 a.m., police and fire medics went to East Sixth Street at Teague Street on a report of a person shot, said Sgt. Ernestina McGriff, spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. They found Trent Harris, 45, of Montgomery, who had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead, she said.
Two die in two-vehicle collision in Montgomery

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Marty Roney

Montgomery police are investigating a fatal Sunday morning crash. On June 1, at about 2:45 a.m., police went to Madison Avenue at Hopper Street on a report of a two-vehicle collision, said Sgt. Ernestina McGriff, spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. They found two men who had each sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead, she said. Their names were not released. No other information was immediately released by police.
Two die in two-vehicle collision in Montgomery

5 days ago | tuscaloosanews.com | Marty Roney

Montgomery police are investigating a fatal Sunday morning crash. On June 1, at about 2:45 a.m., police went to Madison Avenue at Hopper Street on a report of a two-vehicle collision, said Sgt. Ernestina McGriff, spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. They found two men who had each sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead, she said. Their names were not released. No other information was immediately released by police.
One dead, one injured in separate Montgomery hit-and-runs

5 days ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Marty Roney

• Montgomery police are investigating two hit-and-run incidents, one involving a cyclist with life-threatening injuries and another involving a pedestrian fatality. • Both incidents occurred over the weekend, with the cyclist struck on Saturday night and the pedestrian on Sunday morning. • The drivers in both cases fled the scene before police arrived, MPD Sgt. Ernestina McGriff said.
One dead, one injured in separate Montgomery hit-and-runs

5 days ago | gadsdentimes.com | Marty Roney

Montgomery police are investigating two hit-and-run incidents, one involving a cyclist with life-threatening injuries and another involving a pedestrian fatality. Both incidents occurred over the weekend, with the cyclist struck on Saturday night and the pedestrian on Sunday morning. The drivers in both cases fled the scene before police arrived, MPD Sgt. Ernestina McGriff said.
Montgomery Fire Chief Miford Jordan announces retirement

5 days ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Marty Roney

• Montgomery Fire & Rescue Chief Miford Jordan is retiring after 40 years of service, 18 as chief. • Under Jordan's leadership, the department achieved an ISO Rating of One, the highest possible ranking. • The department also made significant charitable donations and focused on firefighter pay and fitness. Montgomery Fire / Rescue Chief Miford Jordan is retiring after spending 40 years with the department and the last 18 as chief. He served five mayors in his four decades-long career.
Dollar General is building a seventh location in this Alabama city

5 days ago | tuscaloosanews.com | Marty Roney

A seventh Dollar General store is under construction in Prattville, Alabama, adding to the 20 locations already in Montgomery and several others in the surrounding area. The new store is located in a rapidly growing retail area in east Prattville, near another ongoing construction project for a Valvoline Oil Change.
Alabama man sentenced in prison drug smuggling case

6 days ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Marty Roney

• Corey Jermaine Burroughs, 41, was sentenced to 195 months for drug charges related to smuggling contraband into Alabama prisons. • Burroughs, a former inmate, was found with methamphetamine, fentanyl, marijuana and other contraband. • The investigation uncovered over a pound of methamphetamine and tools used for drug distribution. A Mobile man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison on drug charges in a scheme that included smuggling drugs into state prisons, federal prosecutors say.
Wetumpka man facing child sex charges in Autauga County

1 week ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Marty Roney

Derek Allen Pace, 31, has been indicted on four charges of electronic solicitation of a child and one count each of transmission of obscene material and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, court records show. The indictments were handed down by a recent session of the Autauga County Grand Jury. Pace is being held in jail with a $100,000 cash bond, records at the Autauga Metro Jail show.
Montgomery man sentenced on federal gun charges in Tuskegee University shooting

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Marty Roney

A Montgomery man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing and firing an illegally converted machine gun during the Tuskegee University mass shooting. Jaquez Kevon Myrick, 25, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for possession of a firearm equipped with a machinegun conversion device, said Kevin Davidson, acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Following his prison term, Myrick will serve three years of supervised release.