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Christopher Spivey, left, and Cheyanne Cooper pose with their newborn Ember Marie Spivey Wednesday at Russell Medical. Ember was the first baby of 2019 delivered at Russell Medical. Cliff Williams / The Outlook
Rape, sodomy charges added for Cobb in wake of carjacking, Tallassee police chief says By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
First delivery Russell Medical welcomes first babies of year By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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roud father Christopher Spivey already has his daughter’s important numbers. • 11:48 a.m., Jan. 1, 2019 • 7 pounds, 5 ounces • 20 inches long Those are numbers Spivey could spout off the top of his head just 24 hours after his daughter, Ember Marie Spivey, was born at Russell Medical on New Year’s Day. Ember’s mother, Cheyanne Cooper, held her first child swaddled in a blanket woven by her great See BABY • Page 3
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Authorities plan to add rape and sodomy charges to a list of felonies allegedly committed by a Notasulga man during a carjacking Sunday night, Tallassee police chief Matthew Higgins said Wednesday. Terrance Cobb, 20, was arrested early Monday morning and charged with firstdegree kidnapping, first-degree robbery and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle after a suspect stole a vehicle at Victoryland Casino in Shorter, crashed into another vehicle in Tallassee, abducted the driver at gunpoint, commandeered her vehicle and sexually Cobb assaulted her before dropping her and her car off near a truck stop, Higgins said. “We will be signing rape and sodomy charges today,” Higgins said. The victim of the carjacking, a 68-year-old woman, remains hospitalized in Montgomery, Higgins said. No arraignment had been set for Cobb as of Wednesday morning and officials at Elmore County jail could not confirm or deny if Cobb remained in solitary confinement. Higgins said Monday Cobb was being held in solitary confinement at the jail because he tried to escape after being taken into custody. “He has been combative and attempted to escape,” Higgins said. Cobb was sleeping when officers found and arrested him at a residence not far from the truck stop where the victim flagged down a police officer for help, Higgins said. Within a few hours of the incident, Tallassee Police Department detectives See COBB • Page 3
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Firefighters respond to car fire Wednesday Volunteer firefighters from the Our Town/Willow Point Volunteer Fire Department put out a vehicle fire on Willow Point Road on Wednesday afternoon. A Volvo SUV was destroyed, but no one was injured. The road was closed while the damage from the fire was cleaned up. The Alexander City Fire Department responded as backup with a truck. See more photos on Page 5.
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