In Birmingham and throughout Alabama, there are certain drugs that are known to be illegal and could lead to an arrest for possession, sales, trafficking and distribution. These include cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, Fentanyl and others. Scheduled drugs are...
Authorities in another part of Alabama arrested a man on multiple drug charges after searching his home. The police said that they obtained a search warrant before uncovering different types of drugs at the man’s home. The man now faces multiple felony charges...
While many drug arrests involve individual defendants, law enforcement officials are always looking to break up drug trafficking networks. Sometimes they indict many people at a time in large-scale busts of alleged drug rings. Some of the people involved may face...
Being in the public eye because of one’s work within the religious community and their family ties can generate a certain reputation and persona. Thus, when such an individual is accused of a crime, it can cause shock in the community and hardships for the accused....
Although many states are relaxing the laws related to marijuana, Alabama has yet to rein in its restrictions. People who are in possession or accused of selling marijuana in any form or paraphernalia related to it can find themselves facing various charges. Depending...
Interstate 20 running East and West through Birmingham is a well-known drug trafficking pipeline for narcotics. Multiple drug busts happen almost weekly from Alabama to Georgia to Louisiana according to Drug Enforcement Agents. The most common drugs seized are...
Alabama has a prison problem. Not a crime problem, but the problems that come from warehousing too many inmates in too few prisons without adequate personnel, health care, access to social programs and other necessities.In 2019, the United States Department of Justice...
Drug trafficking charges are incredibly serious. Generally speaking, drug trafficking is both a felony and a federal crime -- and that means that prosecutors usually seek significant prison time for those convicted of their charges.As scary as your situation may be,...
Cameras are everywhere these days. Almost everyone seems to have a powerful little camera and recording device right in their pockets now that cellular phones are pretty much standard equipment for anybody leaving their home. However, the surveillence of your life may...
The newest target in Alabama's war on drugs may be something you've never heard of before: A powerful painkiller known as kratom.Kratom is described as either an herb or a drug, depending on who you ask. It's made from the leaves of the kratom tree, a plant native to...
