Posted on: May 23, 2023
(COLUMBIANA, AL) Sheriff John Samaniego is proud to recognize several supervisors from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office who received the FBI Trilogy Award after completing the Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA) course. &...
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Posted on: April 24, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) In January 2023, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigators received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The joint investigation with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office led to the arr...
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Posted on: March 22, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) On Wednesday March 22, 2023 at approximately 9:28 am Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Deputies received a call for a welfare check in the 3100 block of Bradford Place, in the Meadowbrook area of unincorporated Shelby County. Upon ...
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Posted on: March 16, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies and Criminal Investigators responded to the 2500 block of Highway 311 to investigate the death of 59 year old Robert Etress, of Shelby. Investigators repor...
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Posted on: March 15, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) During the morning hours of Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at approximately 8:32 a.m. Shelby County 911 received report of a person shot at their residence located in the 2500 block of Highway 311 in south Shelby County. Shelby County Deputie...
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Posted on: February 13, 2023
(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) On Sunday, February 12, 2023, at approximately 4:50 PM, Shelby County 911 received a call of a reported shooting at Chuck E. Cheese, located at 4647 US Hwy 280 in North Shelby County. Shelby County deputies immediately re...
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Posted on: February 10, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) In January 2023, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigators received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This information led to an investigation involving James Wyatt Roberts, 19 years old, of...
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Posted on: January 23, 2023
(COLUMBIANA, AL) Sheriff John Samaniego is proud to recognize Lieutenant Shelby O’Connor for receiving the prestigious FBI-Trilogy Award. The FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA) presents three leve...
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Posted on: January 11, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) In November 2022, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigators received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This information led to an investigation involving David Stephen West, 54 years old of ...
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Posted on: January 11, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) On January 11, 2023, at approximately 1PM deputies responded to a report of robbery in the 500 block of Phillips Drive in Vincent. Deputies met with a male subject that stated his vehicle was taken by a male and female during a robbery, a...
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Posted on: January 9, 2023
(Columbiana, AL) Sheriff John Samaniego is proud to announce the promotion of Major Clay Hammac to the rank of Chief Deputy.
His promotion was effective January 6, 2023. Chief Hammac began his law enforcement career with the Shelby County Sheriff&rsquo...
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Posted on: November 14, 2022
(COLUMBIANA, AL) Recently purchased remote heart rate sensors in use at the Shelby County Jail have already proved to be potentially lifesaving when the device sounded the alarm about an inmate whose heart rate climbed into a very dangerous zone....
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Posted on: November 8, 2022
(Columbiana, AL) On December 31, 2018, Derek Dewayne Harris was reported missing from the Columbiana area of Shelby County. The 2015 GMC Terrain he was last seen driving was located unattended on County Road 16 between County Road 22 and Spring ...
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Posted on: November 7, 2022
(COLUMBIANA, AL) On Saturday November 5, 2022 at approximately 8:15 am family members and friends of a missing person conducted a search of a wooded area near the intersection of County Road 10 and County Road 260, in the Pea Ridge community. Dur...
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Posted on: September 29, 2022
(COLUMBIANA, AL) On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at approximately 1:30 PM, Shelby County 911 received a call of shooting with injuries at a residence on Brandy Circle in Chelsea, Alabama. Deputies responded to the residence and discovered a ma...
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Posted on: September 16, 2022
(Columbiana, AL) On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Shelby County deputies and investigators responded to the 400 block of Alexander Road located in unincorporated Shelby County near the City of Leeds to investigate the shooting death of 16 year old Cameron P...
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Posted on: September 2, 2022
For Immediate Release:
(Columbiana, AL) On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at approximately 6:15 PM, Shelby County 911 received a report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound in the 400 block of Alexander Road, located in unincorporated Shelby County near...
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Posted on: June 23, 2022
Death Investigation & Related Arrest in Shelby County
(COLUMBIANA, AL) On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at approximately 7:20 pm, Shelby County 911 Dispatch received a call in reference to a suspicious person in the 100 block of Highway 97 in the Summerhill community near Columbiana. Deputies from the Shelby Cou...
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Posted on: July 29, 2019
On Sunday, July 28th at approximately 10:00 pm, deputies responded to a shooting at a residence on Johnson Drive in Chelsea. Once deputies arrived, they encountered one individual with a gunshot wound to an extremity, and the suspect was detained. The vic...
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