Hanceville police should be abolished after dispatcher death, officer arrests, grand jury finds: ‘Rampant culture of corruption’
The police chief and four officers were arrested amid an intense investigation and scathing findings by the grand jury.
Grand jury says police department should be 'abolished' as 5 officers charged
An Alabama grand jury has recommended that the Hanceville Police Department be "immediately abolished," prosecutors said Wednesday.
Grand jury says abolish Alabama police department immediately: 'Culture of corruption'
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said five Hanceville police officers were indicted on corruption and drug charges.
Grand jury calls for rural Alabama police department to be abolished
A federal grand jury has recommended a rural Alabama police department be abolished as it indicted five of its officers with federal and misdemeanor charges.
Grand Jury Calls for Alabama Police Department to Be Disbanded After Discovering Rampant Corruption and Evidence Tampering
A grand jury has recommended the disbandment of an Alabama Police Department after an investigation reportedly uncovered corruption and evidence tampering.
Small Alabama city's police force put on leave after grand jury finds 'rampant' corruption
A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has “operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency.
Five Hanceville officers, spouse of an officer arrested in connection to dispatcher’s death
Five Hanceville Police Department officers and one of their spouses were arrested in connection to the death of a dispatcher ...
Hanceville police indictments ‘completely irrelevant’ to excessive force lawsuit, attorney says
Last week’s indictments against five Hanceville police officers that also alleged the department engaged in a “a rampant ...
Coroner: Hanceville 911 dispatcher died from fentanyl, several other drugs
Christopher Michael Willingham was 49 and lived in Hanceville. He died from combined toxic effects of fentanyl, gabapentin, ...
Autopsy reveals Hanceville dispatcher's death in 2024 caused by toxic drug combination
New details have emerged regarding the death of a Hanceville police dispatcher who was found dead in his office in 2024.SEE ...
Hanceville police arrests, dispatcher’s death, corruption allegations threaten department: What we know today
A grand jury recommended abolishing the department after six arrests they said came from a "rampant culture of corruption." ...
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5 Hanceville police officers arrested following dispatcher's overdose death
Five Hanceville Police officers and one of their spouses face charges following an investigation into the overdose death of a ...
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Grand jury recommends abolishing Alabama police department: 'Culture of corruption'
The indictment follows the death of 49-year-old Christopher Michael Willingham last summer. Willingham, a dispatch supervisor at the Hanceville Police Department, was found dead at the department ...