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June 5, 2014 • Volume 3 Issue 22 • Home Owned & Operated • 8 pages • .75 cents • www.thesportsledger.com
According to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris, a Marshall County man is in jail after he was observed in a stolen vehicle in Collinsville. Calvin Tyrone Mostiller, 40 of Guntersville, was observed driving a silver Honda Passenger car which fit the description of a car an escaped inmate from Etowah County was last seen in. Mostiller failed to stop for the deputies until he was forced into a dead end
road a short time later. Mostiller was jailed on outstanding warrants and transported to the DeKalb County Detention Center.
A Singing With the Stars event will be held at the Tom Bevill Lyceum at the Northeast Alabama Community College campus on Thursday, June 12, 2014. Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. and the Songwriters Symposium Open Forum is from 4:30 to 5:15. Vocal contest finals are set for 6:00. Those events will be
followed by a concert from Teddy Gentry & the Rockit City Band. Advance tickets are $10 for adults. Ticket cost on the day of show will be $15, and $5 for students. All proceeds benefit the DeKalb County Children's Advocacy Center. For details or tickets call 256-997-9700.
Calvin T. Mostiller
As of press time, Mostiller was in jail on the warrants as well as Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance and Receiving Stolen Property 1st. Additional charges may be coming after a further investigation with Marshall Kenneth Knight County authorities. These officers were very observant in catching this individual while they were Two individuals were looking for the escapee who arrested for drugs after was from Collinsville,” said deputies went to a residence Harris. on County Road 50 near Collinsville to check on complaints of drug activity. According to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris, Deputies found drug paraphernalia and packaged marijuana after executing a consent search. Kenneth Colby Knight, 26 and Marty Ray Carr, 52 both of Collinsville were arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 1st and Unlawful Possession of Drug Teddy Gentry Paraphernalia. Both were
Marty Ray Carr
transported to the DeKalb County Detention Center where they await bond. Drug Task Force agents and DHR workers were called to the home due to the presence of small children and other people. The children were removed and placed with a family member. “All of these arrests were made possible due to citizens being observant in their communities. This information was passed on to patrol and Drug Task Force agents and they were successful in locating the drugs,” said Harris.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced that the new “Freshwater Fishing” distinctive license plate is available through county probate offices. This license plate depicts a largemouth bass, the state’s official freshwater fish, and has up to six spaces for optional personalization. It will replace the “Take a Kid Fishing” license plate, which has been in production since 2006. The cost for the new license plate will be $50 annually. Proceeds from the sale of the license plate will support habitat enhancement, aquatic wildlife species protection and restoration, aquatic education, bass genetic research, sport fish disease research and sport fish stockings.