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April 6-7, 2019 Vol. 127, No. 69 www.alexcityoutlook.com 75¢
A Ray of light
• Obituaries, 2 • Opinion, 4 • Faith, 6 • Local, 10 • Sports, 11
Arrest made Jacksons Gap man arrested for lewd acts with a child By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
CACC student Maryshay Ray an inspiration for nontraditional students By BRETT PRITCHARD For The Outlook
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aryshay Ray, who is married with three children, had one thought when she considered going back to school. “Why would I think I can do this?” she asked herself. “I must be insane.” But she now attends Central Alabama Community College and is determined to help veterans even after her own dreams of a military life were crushed. “It is easy to say, ‘I can’t’ or think you can’t do something,” Ray said. “I’m an example of someone who had everything planned out the way I wanted or at least I thought I did. My life hasn’t turned out the way I envisioned it to but I learned See RAY • Page 3
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Maryshay Ray is a nontraditional student at Central Alabama Community College. She is married with three children and has new career goals after a broken back and hip ended her U.S. Army career. Ray won a national speech competition Friday.
The Dadeville Police Department detained Randall Earl Mann, 54, of Jacksons Gap for arrest warrants connected to lewd acts with a child in Oklahoma. “We had an officer pull him over for a traffic stop,” Dadeville police chief David Barbour said. “We found out he had warrants for his arrest from Oklahoma.” The Canadian County Sheriff’s Department in Oklahoma said Mann Mann approached an undercover deputy then law enforcement issued warrants for Mann for lewd acts with a child under 16. “The investigation started in April 2018,” a release from the Canadian County (Oklahoma) Sheriff’s Department said. “Mann approached an undercover deputy portraying a 14-year-old female from Canadian County on social media. The conversation moved slowly but eventually Mann (began) talking sexually to what he believed was a 14-year-old female.” The release said investigators continued the conversation with Mann via social media. “During the investigation, Mann made sexual comments about performing oral sex on the child and asking about her sexual history,” the release said. “He asked the decoy if she had started her menstrual cycle yet and was wanting to make her enjoy the sex he wanted to give her. He asked the decoy about what school she attended and said he would come get her and they would be gone.” Mann was arrested last month and arrived at the Canadian County Jail on March 31 where he is still in custody. A $50,000 cash bond is available to Mann. Mann has previously been charged with crimes against children. See MANN • Page 3
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City plans to burn down duplexes in late May By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor
The City of Alexander City plans to burn down four duplexes on property it bought this week to convert into a new city hall and allow the area to return to its natural state. Alexander City Fire Department chief Reese McAlister said the four duplex homes will be razed in a controlled burn in late May to give firefighters training in a live fire. “We plan to do a lot of training for everybody — 50 to 60 firefighters on all shifts plus the fire school,” McAlister said. He said the fire department will install temporary doors and windows for the training exercise because the original doors and windows had been stripped out of the duplexes. Earlier this week, a city crew used a backhoe loader to clean up furniture left behind by the tenants and shove it into the garages of the units. Tuesday, the city closed on the property where it will locate its new municipal complex, including the duplexes, the former Russell Corp. Sales Office and Guest House, and 56 acres. See DUPLEXES • Page 3
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A city worker pushes abandoned furniture at the former Russell Corp. duplexes into a garage Thursday in preparation for the former apartment buildings to be burned in late May.
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