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The man charged with setting off a bomb outside the office of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall last year has pleaded guilty and been sentenced on state charges. Marshall said today that Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert of Irondale was sentenced Read More …
A man and woman are being held in the Limestone County Jail in connection with the discovery of what authorities say was a “homemade explosive device.” The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday investigators were searching for a stolen Read More …
Kyle Douglas Calvert is indicted on two federal counts for his reported role in detonating an improvised explosive device or IED at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office in late February, according to court records. Calvert was arrested Wednesday. No staff or Read More …
Safety concerns are rising in Northport after a man was found unconscious in the Publix parking lot with a rifle and ‘improvised explosive’ in the vehicle. Monday afternoon, July 17. “Having the car being prepared to be towed deputies located Read More …
A family in Alabama got a scary delivery when their mailbox was blown up early Saturday morning. A handmade explosive launched fragments everywhere in surveillance video that captured the whole event. WALA reports the unnamed family that lives in Tillmans Corner Read More …
Fifteen dog teams from across Alabama and Mississippi are in Tuscaloosa for a three-day training offered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The University of Alabama is hosting the Department of Homeland Security’s Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative. REDDI Read More …
Calera Police Chief David Hyche said a person is facing charges of possession of destructive devices and DUI after two suspected improvised explosive devices were found in a vehicle on I-65. Wesley Edwards Mills has been formally charged with felony Read More …
A homemade bomb explodes at a public housing complex in Selma. The explosion happened at Rangedale Apartments — at around 3:30 Wednesday morning. The blast damaged an apartment and scattered shrapnel. But no one was hurt. From the West Alabama Read More …
Teaching a dog a new trick is one thing, but training one to help officers find missing people, apprehend fugitives, and detect drugs is another. To improve these skills, the Dothan Police Department is holding its Annual K-9 Seminar for Read More …
The Alabama Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) Medical and Command & Control units are holding a local training exercise this weekend, September 7 and 8, with local emergency services in Downtown OWA. Read More …