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Sex Offender Escapes, Is Arrested in Tuscumbia’s Spring Park
A convicted sex offender who escaped from the Franklin County Jail on Thursday night is back behind bars.
Officials aren't saying how it happened, but Sheriff Larry Plott says he believes it to be the first escape from the facility.
After a long manhunt, deputies got a tip that 34 year old Jerry Kelley was hiding out at Spring Park in Tuscumbia, waiting for someone to pick him up. Acting quickly, police were able to locate Kelley, surround him and make their move. Kelley made a run for it, but slipped in the wet grass and was caught.
Kelley was awaiting trial on rape and sodomy charges, and previously served time on a sex abuse conviction involving a 13 year old girl in Michigan.
Sex Offender Escapes, Is Arrested in Tuscumbia's Spring Park
Shooting Suspect Certified as Adult
The 14 year old boy accused of shooting a classmate to death in February was certified as adult today.
Hamad Memon, who was 14 at the time of the deadly shooting of Todd Brown, had a hearing Friday morning at the Neaves Davis Juvenile Facility in Huntsville. Judge Lynn Sherrod, Memon's attorney Bruce Gardner and prosecutors held the hearing at the facility, behind closed doors.
Memon has a bond hearing Friday afternoon at 4pm. A trial date has not been set.