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Murder suspect nabbed for DUI, weapon By MITCH SNEED Editor
A 24-year-old Camp Hill man, who is on bond as he awaits trial for a December 2014 murder of an Auburn football player, is now in hot water in Dadeville. According to Dadeville Police Department Assistant Chief Chris Martin, Markale Deandra Hart of Camp Hill was arrested by the Dadeville Police Department Sunday and charged with
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suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a shootout at the Tiger Lodge apartment complex of West Longleaf Drive in Auburn in the early morning hours of Dec. 14, 2014. Testimony at a preliminary hearing indicated Hart and cousin Tyrone Rowe were at a party in Auburn and encountered Mitchell there. Rowe testified that Mitchell was angry that Rowe liked a photo of Mitchell’s girlfriend on social media. At the time of the shooting, Hart was on See ARREST • Page 3
certain persons forbidden (violent felon) to possess pistol, fourth-degree receiving stolen property, and driving under the influence of alcohol. The arrest stemmed from a traffic stop in which Hart was arrested for DUI and found to be in possession of a loaded 9mm semiautomatic pistol that was reported stolen from a burglary in another jurisdiction. Hart was charged with the murder of 18-year-old Jakell Lenard Mitchell who was a freshman tight end from Opelika. Mitchell
Dadeville council votes on employee insurance
Decision on on-call pay, block party tabled in Camp Hill By MITCH SNEED Editor
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Camp Hill Town Council tabled discussions involving on-call pay for the utility department and the 10th So Phi Block Party to later meetings Monday night. Utility Department Supervisor Robert Shelley expressed his concern over employees not getting paid for on-call status over weekends. “I think you need to consider paying something for employees who are on call,” Shelley said. “I think they need to be paid for four hours whether or not they get called out.” Shelley explained that no one wants to be on call if they are not getting paid. “They have something to do,” Shelley said. “If they are not getting paid, they don’t want to just sit out home.” Shelley also explained that he is covering most of the on call weekends and would also like to get paid. “I don’t get paid enough for that,” Shelley said. Council members See CAMP HILL • Page 5
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Dadeville Police vehicles parked at the Dadeville Police Department Wednesday. The Record did some research to calculate the cost of law enforcement per person in area towns.
BIG SPENDING?
Cost of police spending varies by city By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Law enforcement is expensive. The cost of vehicles, training and pay for personnel who risk their lives to protect others is high. Just how much do local governments pay to protect residents? Using public information and population estimates from the United States Census Bureau The Record calculated per See SPENDING • Page 3
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The Dadeville City Council voted to return to the policy of helping cover family health insurance for city employees along with getting notice of progress on the Mott’s Woodyard Fire at Tuesday’s meeting. Dadeville Police Chief “For the sake of David Barbour citizens and for the asked the safety of police city council officers I think we for help on covering family need to do this. We healthcare need more officers insurance for city employees and this will help. They are currently to make it possible working overtime to recruit and in some cases seasoned doubles.” officers. “I would —Brownie Caldwell like for us to Councilwoman go back to covering for employee and family like we used to,” Barbour said. “We can’t hire anyone that has a family. By doing this See COUNCIL • Page 5
Sabal Trail Pipeline anticipates June operational start date Grover explained that construction would be complete before June 30 but before they can start pumping gas certain things have to happen. The Sabal Trail Pipeline will be opera“Construction will be complete before tional by the end of June. then,” Grover said. “But ahead of the opera“The pipeline should be in service by tional start, there are several commissions June 30,” Sabal Trail’s Andrea Grover said. and tests that must take place.” “When we started the permitting process With construction nearing completion three and half years ago, we thought we and contractors leaving the area, there are would be operational by early May. It is still still jobs with the pipeline. According Sabal amazing how fast they are getting everyTrail, 94 in Alabama alone. thing done.” “I know that they are still doing some Grover said that despite those early prohiring for the operations,” Grover said. jections, the project is on schedule. “Some of the employees with the contrac“When started construction in September, tors will be part of the operational team.” we had an operational start of the end of Grover explained that overall the project June,” Grover said. “I would say that the pipeline is on schedule.” See SABAL • Page 5 By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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