Urgent message to the Covington County Community and neighbors.
This is Chief Deputy Todd Grimes. This message is especially relevant to all Churches in our community. It was recently brought to my attention that two of our local Churches in two different communities, that had a suspicious person walked into their Churches armed with a pistol strapped to his chest. The male person was driving a white Wrangler Rubicon Jeep with Arizona license plate. The man didn’t stay but 10 minutes or so and left the Church.
The man then left in the Jeep and went to another Church in the north part of the County and the same type of activities were carried out there.
This post is to hopefully create public awareness to our Community. It is not illegal for anyone to open carry and it is not illegal for anyone to attend Church as a new Visitor. BUT… I will say giving these times we live in, it is very suspicious and dangerously ignorant for ANYONE to walk into a Church in south Alabama with a pistol strapped to your chest, when nobody there knows you!
CLIO: 10:10 PM The University of Alabama, Nick Saban, and the Alabama Department of Corrections have something in common: The University of Alabama, Nick Saban, made Alabama NUMBER 1 in football. A goodthing.
The Alabama Department of Corrections made Alabama number 1; in the murder rate in prisons. Not a good thing!
Moments ago, in keeping up with their quest to keep their title on violence in prisons, in Barbour County, Clio, EMS has been called to Eaterling Prison. Reports are a 42 year old male has been assualted and both arms are possibly broken.
HENRY COUNTY: 1:13 PM Henry County 911 dispatched Abbeville Fire-Rescue, Screamer Volunteer Fire, and Henry County Sheriff to Henry County Road 93 near Judson Baptist Church to a deer hunter which has galled from the deer stand.
Henry County 911 has auto launched Survival Flight. A decision is being made on where to land the aircraft.
Emergency units to include Henry County Sheriff Eric Blankenship are on the scene.
Reports are the deer hunter fell from the tree stand and possibly has neck injuries.
HENRY COUNTY: 00:44 AM In the early morning hours this morning Henry County 911 dispatched Headland Fire-Rescue, Henry County Sheriff Deputies and ALEA – Troopers to a single vehicle accident on Henry County Road 99 and Henry County Road 165. Persons reporting to Henry County 911 reported a single vehicle, overturned and one person injured.
On arrival of emergency units, to include Henry County Sheriff Eric Blankenship, the single accident had claimed one life. The vehicle was occupied by the one person, who had been ejected from the vehicle.
Henry County Coroner Derek Wright was then dispatched to the scene by Henry County 911.
Henry County Coroner Derek Wright has identifed the person who lost their life as 33 year old Christopher Layne Barron.
The accident was about one mile from Tumbleton.
ALEA – Troopers in charge of the accident investigation. A single vehicle accident, and only occupant loss their life. No seatbelt was worn.
PIKE – COFFEE – DALE: 11:17 PM ALEA – Trooper is in pursuit of a vehicle, southbound, from Pike County. Coming into Dale County at 90 Miles per hour. Traffic light.
WASP ( Wiregrass Aviation Support Program ) air unit is in the air responding to report from the air. Will follow chase. Might outrun ground units but hard to outrun from the air view.
11:21 PM Two miles out of Dale County at speeds of 96 miles per hour coming from Brundidge area. Southbound on Highway 231.
THIS DUDE JUST HIT THE WRONG COUNTY – DALE COUNTY
SHERIFF BYNUM AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS DO NOT PLAY
11:22 PM Chase coming up on Highway 123 on Highway 231. Dale County Sheriff unit staging at Highway 231 and 51. Dale County Sheriff Deputy has spike strips.
11:24 PM Passing mile marker 56.
11:25 PM Just passed County 51 on Highway 231. Subject missed spikes. Still southbound on Highway 231.
11:26 PM Speeds of 100 miles per hour.
11:27 PM Passing County Road 11. Vehicle turning on Dale County 11, left off Highway 231.
11:28 PM Dale County Sheriff Deputy has permission to pit if can get into position.
11:29 PM Approaching Dale County Road 36, vehicle turned left on Dale County Road 36. Headed back towards Highway 231. Speeds at 75 miles per hour.
11:30 PM On Highway 231 approaching Roy Parker. Speeds 94 – 96 miles per hour.
11:31 PM Approaching Highway 27, turning right on 27 which goes towards Enterprise.
11:32 PM Successful pit and attempting to box vehicle in.
11:32 PM Vehicle is back southbound.
11:34 PM On Highway 27, vehicle has wrecked and rolled over. Suspect is reported to have struck several law enforcement vehicles. ALEA – Troopers, Dale County Sheriff Deputies and Ozark Police units on the scene.
TOLD YOU – SHERIFF BYNUM AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS DO NOT PLAY
AND COMBINED WITH ALEA – TROOPERS AND WASP
OH WELL !!!
11:36 PM Ozark-Dale County 911 has rolled EMS. A Dale County Sheriff Deputy vehicle out of service due to damages when struck by suspect vehicle.
11:38 PM Suspect in custody. Suspect was driving a black Ford F-150. At this time it is unknown why suspect was eluding law enforcement but whatever the reason the suspect has another felony, and could have three felonies, one from ALEA – Trooper, Dale County Sheriff Deputies, and Ozark Police, to include damge to law enforcement which could be additional felonies.
11:44 PM WASP has now returned to routine patrol in the air.
11:47 PM Ozark EMS is on the scene.
ALEA – Communications and Ozark – Dale County 911 did a great job.
