Robert Ristaneo

Dec 3, 2024 | fox5vegas.com | Robert Ristaneo

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - The Coast Guard suspended its search for a 7-year-old boy who went missing after a boating accident in Alabama. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Flotilla however has continued searching for Hunter Slezak. Sheriff Paul Burch said deputies are using boats, ATVs and horses to find the boy. According to a Facebook post by the Coast Guard, crews searched for more than 65 hours and covered more than 2,042 square miles, approximately the size of Delaware.

Dec 3, 2024 | weau.com | Robert Ristaneo |Mike Brantley |Amanda Alvarado

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - The Coast Guard suspended its search for a 7-year-old boy who went missing after a boating accident in Alabama. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Flotilla however has continued searching for Hunter Slezak. Sheriff Paul Burch said deputies are using boats, ATVs and horses to find the boy. According to a Facebook post by the Coast Guard, crews searched for more than 65 hours and covered more than 2,042 square miles, approximately the size of Delaware.

Jun 7, 2024 | wtvy.com | Robert Ristaneo

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said 25 kilos of suspected cocaine washed up on the West End of Dauphin Island on Thursday, June 6. 25 kilos is the equivalent of 55 pounds and has a street value of approximately $450,000, according to MCSO. The sheriff’s narcotic detectives conducted a search on the beach where the kilos were found, but no other packages were seen. 25 kilos of suspected cocaine(MCSO)Copyright 2024 WALA. All rights reserved.

May 30, 2024 | wtvy.com | Robert Ristaneo

ATMORE, Ala. (WALA) - Jamie Mills, the man sentenced to death for killing an elderly couple 20 years ago, has died from lethal injection on Thursday, May 30. The Governor released the following statement,“Almost 20 years ago, the grandchildren of Floyd and Vera Hill, worried for their grandparents, filed a missing-person report only for police to discover the couple had been brutally and horrendously beaten to death. The Hills’ lives were taken at the hands of Jamie Mills.

May 13, 2024 | hawaiinewsnow.com | Ashlyn Mitchell |Ariel Mallory |Robert Ristaneo

STOCKTON, Ala. ( WALA/Gray News)- Three people were killed and 15 people were injured in a shooting at a May Day event in southern Alabama on Saturday. The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said about 1,000 people were in attendance at the event in Stockton, Alabama, when an argument took place and at least one subject fired multiple shots into the crowd. Andre Reid with the Baldwin County Investigation Division said the subjects involved were shooting at each other at the event.