MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Date: March 4, 2022 From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Eight were transported to the DeKalb County Detention…
Category: Crime
Federal Distribution Meth Charge
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A Fort Payne man has been transferred to federal custody after being indicted on charges stemming from distributing methamphetamine. The DeKalb County Narcotics Unit along with FBI…
Rainsville Police Department Seized a Large Marijuana Grow.
On 02/15/2022 Rainsville Police Department seized a large Marijuana grow inside a residence in the 200 Block of Dilbeck Road East in Rainsville AL. Officers from Rainsville Police Department received information…
Sherrif’s Office Hard at Work
FORT PAYNE, ALA- The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office stayed busy during January. Sheriff Nick Welden reports the following: 1/1/22, DeKalb County Deputies noticed a subject who appeared intoxicated in Kilpatrick. Deputies…
Man Arrested for Murdering Father
Submitted FORT PAYNE, Ala. — At approximately 5:30 pm on February 8th, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible homicide on County Road 155 in Higdon. When DeKalb…
Lickskillet Man Fired Gun Into Vehicle
Submitted FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Deputies with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and DeKalb County Special Response Team, responded to a residence in the Lickskillet Community after reports of shots fired…
One man was charged with Rape, another charged with Electronic Solicitation of a Child and Sexual Abuse
Pictured (left): Eduardo Jimenez Juan (right): Dustin Lewayne Elkins For Immediate Release Date: February 3, 2022 From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A…
DA ACCEPTS DALTON’S PLEA
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com Dalton will serve 6 months in County Jail FORT PAYNE, Ala.--Former Fort Payne Teacher, Donavan Dalton, 29, entered a plea of guilty to School Employee Having…