MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Date: February 7, 2022 Jose Angel Becerra From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Monday, February 7, 2022,…
Category: Crime
Kelly Kevin Wachs of Calera, AL was arrested after a grand jury indictment for the Charge of Sexual Abuse 1 st Degree and Interference with Custody
Kelly Kevin Wachs of Calera, AL was arrested after a grand jury indictment for the Charge of Sexual Abuse 1st Degree and Interference with Custody. This investigation started in April of…
Henagar Man Arrested
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Investigation’s Unit received information of an adult male who was possibly having communications with an…
Drug Charges and Stolen Items Recovered
Billy Ray Roe FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Thursday, December 2nd, Deputies with the DeKalb County Narcotics and Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on County Road 479 and County…
Weekend Altercation Leads to Death
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@ southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.--A man was found dead in Fort Payne on Sunday after a shooting incident in the 1000 block of Gault Avenue North. Fort…
Wadsworth Indicted by Grand Jury
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.—A DeKalb County man who is campaigning for DeKalb County Sheriff has recently been indicted on charges of computer tampering and impersonating a peace…
Ten Arrested on Drug-Related Charges during month of November
For Immediate Release Date: December 6, 2021 From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — During the month of November, ten were arrested on drug-related…
DCSO Interdiction Team nabs Gun Smugglers
Isaiah Khawme AlexanderNathaniel Jahiem Alexander For Immediate Release Date: November 29, 2021 From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Two Texas men are in the…