SAMSON-GENEVA COUNTY: 1:49 PM. Geneva County 911 dispatched Samson Volunteer Fire to a structure fire at 691 Ardis Road in or near Samson.
Reports are a shop on fire near an apartment.
Samson Volunteer Fire has requested mutual aid of Coffee Springs Volunteer Fire and Black Volunteer Fire.
Anyone with scene pictures or additional information TEXT RICKEY 334-790-1729
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.
Emergency crews are with the deer hunter.
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.
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.
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.
DOTHAN | RICKEY STOKES NEWS
A jury returned a guilty verdict Friday morning against James Robert Suggs, convicting him of raping a 95-year-old woman in Cottonwood who suffered from dementia.
Houston County Sheriff’s deputies charged Suggs with two counts of rape in early 2025 after investigators received information about the alleged assault.
According to testimony presented during a pretrial hearing, Suggs took the elderly woman fishing and later transported her back to her Cottonwood residence using a golf cart. Investigator Brandon Barnes, a sergeant with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, testified that Suggs sexually assaulted the victim while she was on the golf cart.
Barnes further stated that Suggs removed the woman’s diaper during the assault.
Suggs, 53, is scheduled to be sentenced next month following the completion of a presentence investigation.
DOTHAN: 08:44 AM Dothan 911 dispatched a structure fire at 907 Walnut Street in Dothan. Reports to Dothan 911 smoke visible from roof, can hear popping inside the residence, and roof caving in. Reports are a two story residential structure.
Multiple Dothan Fire Engine Companies, Pilcher Ambulance and Dothan Police are responding.
08:48 AM Dothan Fire Engine Company 10 ( West Main ) has arrived, smoke coming from second floor, making an offensive attack, second in fire engine company connect to water supply.
08:50 AM Dothan Fire Truck 1 ( Central ) has arrived, second in.
08:51 AM Dothan Fire Battalion Chief Trawick arrived.
08:51 AM Fire appears to be on first floor. Making an attack at this time. Engine 9 ( Technology ) connecting to water supply.
08:52 AM Dothan Fire Engine 5 ( Eastside ) at fire hydrant at Walnut and Wheat and bringing water supply in.
08:53 AM Dothan Fire Engine Company 9 ( Technology ) has arrived on the scene. They are on deck – which means outside prepared to enter if interrior crew gets into trouble and ready to swap out with interrior if needed to.
08:55 AM Water on fire.
09:00 AM Fire is knocked down. Still in offensive mode. Ventilation has started.
09:17 AM Red Cross has been requested to respond to help residents.