Crime

Inmate on run from Elmore Correctional Facility captured

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012, 11:18am

Inmate on run from Elmore Correctional Facility captured

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, Inmate James Lee Wall, was reported missing from the Alabama Department of Corrections Central Warehouse. He was considered an escapee from the Elmore Correctional Facility. He was re-captured by the ADOC K9 team around 11:00 a.m.

James Lee Wall was working outside the facility assigned to warehouse maintenance. The warehouse is across the street from Elmore Correctional Facility on Marion Spillway Road.

Wall was sentenced to 15 years out of Elmore County on charges of burglary and theft of property. He was not scheduled to be released from prison until January 16, 2016.

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Man gets life in prison for 2009 murder

Submitted by JoBeth Davis, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, 10:56am

WETUMPKA, AL (WSFA) - A Wetumpka man will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole for his role in a 2009 murder.

On December 7, 2011, 36-year-old Antonio Jerido was found guilty of the January 17, 2009 Capital Murder of Cornelius Wayne Gibbs. Jerido was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole early Tuesday morning.

Gibbs was found shot to death on Mt. Zion Road and more than $2,000 was missing from his person. Investigators believe robbery was a motive for the murder.

Three other suspects were also charged in Gibbs' homicide. Keon Butler, Roderick Foster and Trumont Turpin each faces a capital murder charge in what was the first homicide of 2009 in Elmore County. Information on their cases was not immediately known.

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Final escaped Elmore County inmate captured

Submitted by JoBeth Davis, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011, 1:39pm

Final escaped Elmore County inmate captured

WETUMPKA, AL (WSFA) - The fifth and final escapee from the Elmore County Jail has been captured and is awaiting extradition back to Alabama, according to Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin.

Jon Golden was captured earlier today at the Hampton Inn in Greenville, South Carolina. U.S. Marshals and the Greenville County Sheriff received a tip on Golden's location and were able to arrest him.

Golden is now awaiting extradition back to Elmore County.

A total of five men climbed through an air vent at the Elmore County Jail and escaped late Wednesday night, December 14. Authorities believe the men were able to smuggle a sharp object into their cell, dig out the grout around the vent and escape.

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Four escaped Elmore County Jail inmates captured, one still at large

Submitted by JoBeth Davis, Community Web Producer

Monday, December 19th, 2011, 5:44pm

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Five inmates escape from Elmore County Jail, four still on the run

Submitted by JoBeth Davis, Community Web Producer

Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 12:40pm

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Man guilty in 2009 Mt. Zion Road murder

Submitted by John Shryock

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011, 4:44pm

WETUMPKA, AL (WSFA) - One suspect accused of murdering an Elmore County man in early 2009 was found guilty Wednesday, according to the district attorney's office.

Antonio Jerido, 36, was convicted by a jury for the capital murder of Cornelius Wayne Gibbs. Gibbs was found shot to death in the Mt. Zion Community on Jan. 17, 2009.

The motive for the death was said to be robbery. More than $2,000 was stolen from Gibbs.

Elmore County Judge John Bush has scheduled sentencing for January 10, 2012.

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No dice - man shot after argument from dice game

Submitted by JoBeth Davis, Community Web Producer

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 12:35pm

No dice - man shot after argument from dice game

ELMORE CO., AL (WSFA) - Authorities are saying "no dice" after a man was shot and killed following an argument over money that started with a dice game.

According to the Elmore County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a shooting call at a residence on Osborne Lane around 12:05 a.m. Saturday. When they arrived they found 31-year-old Quinton Thomas outside the home, dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

Authorities say the shooting stemmed from an argument over money the victim allegedly owed the suspect, 28-year-old Kelvin Mitchell of Wetumpka. The altercation started some time during or shortly after a dice game that night. Mitchell allegedly went outside, grabbed a pistol, returned to the residence and shot Thomas at least three times.

Mitchell left the scene but was arrested by deputies a short time later. He is being held at the Elmore County Detention Facility on $75,000 bond.

A photo of Mitchell was not immediately available.

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