ASHFORD: 05:09 AM Houston County 911 dispatched Houston County Sheriff Deputies, Ashford Police, Ashford Rescue and Ashford Volunteer Fire to a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle, 10800 block of U.S. Highway 84. The accident is near AMX Truck Lines on Highway 84.
The accident is in the east bound lane of traffic. The pedestrian has critical injuries. The driver of the vehicle has glass in their eye.
Ashford Police Chief Melvin Anderson has requested ALEA – Troopers to assist Ashford Police. One lane of Highway 84, east bound, has been closed.
Ashford Police is in charge of the accident investigation.
UPDATED @ 05:45 AM
Ashford Rescue transported the driver of the vehicle, non emergency, to Southeast Health. Reports the driver has glass in their eyes. The pedestrian is a fatality on the scene. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd is responding to the scene.
HOUSTON COUNTY: 01:13 AM Houston County 911 dispatched Wicksburg Volunteer Fire – Rescue, Bay Springs Volunteer Fire, Houston County Sheriff Deputies and ALEA – Dispatched dispathced ALEA Troopers to a critical motor vehicle accident at 1:13 AM.
The accident location was 534 N. County Road 9, between Searcy Road and Riverview Road.
The accident was dispatched as critical injuries. A vehicle roll over, one patient labored breathing, ejected from the wreckage.
On arrival the emergency responders found the patient deceased on arrival. The deceased was in the car alone.
Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd responded to the accident.
ALEA – Troopers are in charge of the accident investigation. The fatality victim is reported to be in his early 20’s.
UPDATED @ 10:02 AM
Skylar Metcaff, age 25, of Pinckard life was claimed in the accident this morning.
HOUSTON COUNTY – DOTHAN: 07:59 AM Structure Fire dispatched at 45 Omussee Road. Cowarts Volunteer Fire, Ashford Fire and Ashford Rescue responded. Fire out on arrival.
08:10 AM Medical Emergency on Lucy Grade Road in Lovetown. Ashford Rescue responded.
08:16 AM Medical Emergency on Furnie Folks Road, Ashford Rescue responded.
08:37 AM Medical Emergency Harley Joy Road, Cottonwood Rescue responded.
09:26 AM Medical Emergency on Squirrel Drive. Wicksburg Fire – Rescue responded.
09:27 AM Outdoor Fire, 122 Becky Road off Highway 231 South. Leaves on fire. Hodgesville Volunteer Fire responded.
09:59 AM Outdoor Fire, 2408 County Line Road in Baysprings. Bay Springs Volunteer Fire and Wicksburg Volunteer Fire responded.
10:00 AM Medical Emergency on Ozark Road, Headland Fire – Rescue responded.
10:59 AM. 102 Sydney Court, Dothan. Brush fire. Dothan Fire Responded.
12:46 PM Medical Emergency on County Road 65 in Shorterville.
1:11 PM Outdoor Fire 1300 block of Clayton Road, Ashford.
1:12 PM Outdoor Fire Skipper Road. Rehobeth Fire – Rescue responded .
Enterprise Rescue has had 15 calls since midnight.
A Dothan man previously convicted of manslaughter could soon find himself back in state prison after his latest run-in with law enforcement.
Dothan police arrested 29-year-old Tayshawn Malik Stevenson early Saturday morning. According to jail records, he is charged with attempting to elude, resisting arrest, and possession of marijuana.
But those charges may only deepen his legal troubles. As a convicted felon currently serving a split sentence, prosecutors could ask a judge to revoke his probation and return him to the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Houston County District Attorney Russ Goodman confirmed his office will review the police report when it arrives next week. Following that review, his office may seek to have Stevenson finish the remainder of his original sentence behind bars.
2019 Deadly Shooting
Stevenson pleaded guilty in June 2023 to manslaughter in the shooting death of 27-year-old Akheem Benjamin Hall. The killing occurred outside a home on Naomi Drive in July 2019 during what police described as an ongoing dispute between the men.
He initially faced a murder charge and later fled the state. U.S. Marshals located and arrested him in New York weeks after the shooting.
A judge ultimately sentenced Stevenson to 15 years under a split sentence — requiring him to serve three years in jail followed by supervised probation. With credit for time already served awaiting trial, he was released in late 2024.
Family Member Also Convicted
Stevenson’s mother, Tiffany Rowell, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal conspiracy in connection to the case. She received a 12-month suspended sentence.
Court records do not list a current attorney for Stevenson on his new charges.
