Sunday, May 26 2013 12:15 AM EDT2013-05-26 04:15:09 GMT
Limestone County Sheriff's Deputies arrested three people during a drug bust on a house boat. Investigators made the bust around 4:00 p.m. Saturday near Buck Island Bridge off Highway 99 in Athens. DeputiesMore >>
Limestone County Sheriff's Deputies made three arrests during a drug bust on a house boat Saturday.More >>
Tennessee Valley lawmakers and educators are trying to figure out the possible effects of the feds looking into the already-controversial Alabama Accountability Act.More >>
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Florence Police are investigating a stabbing that happened overnight Friday.More >>
Florence Police are investigating a stabbing that happened overnight Friday.More >>
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Last April's massive tornadoes that wreaked havoc across Alabama, will be on the minds of members of the Alabama House.
The House is scheduled Tuesday to take up a bill that will make the act of looting a crime in Alabama. The bill is sponsored by Rep. John Merrill, a Republican from Tuscaloosa, which was hit hard by the storms and experienced some looting afterwards.
The bill makes looting a felony crime if it occurs after a state of emergency has been declared in an area.
If this bill gets passed into a law, people caught looting would face 10 years in prison and be fined up to $15,000.
Looting is described as entering a building or residence without authorization and damaging or removing property of another person without lawful authority.
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