Hanceville Police Department: Nearly 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in Alabama police department
Source: Associated Press
Nearly 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in Alabama police department
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE
Updated 6:11 PM EDT, May 8, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Nearly 60 felony cases will be dropped in a small Alabama town because they were compromised by what a grand jury called a “rampant culture of corruption” in the local police department, according to a statement on Wednesday.
The grand jury determined that 58 felony criminal cases had been tainted by corruption in the Hanceville Police Department in northern Alabama, after four officers and the police chief were indicted on a variety of charges related to mishandling or removing evidence from the department’s evidence room.
The indictment included a recommendation that the department be “immediately abolished.”
The case roiled the town of approximately 3,200 people about 45 miles (70 kilometers) north of Birmingham.
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