Sex crimes against children have landed an Elmore County man in state prison. At a Thursday hearing, Circuit Judge Sibley Reynolds ordered 58-year-old Jon Fey of Coosada to serve 40 years in a state lockup. Elmore County District Attorney Randall Houston said Fey was convicted of multiple sex abuse offenses committed in September of 2014 against three girls between the ages of 4 and 17. The DA said said the crimes occurred at Fey's residence in Coosada.
Tax Scheme
Another former tax preparer is headed to federal prison. The U.S. Attorney's office in Montgomery says a Phenix City woman will serve five years for her involvement in a ring that filed more than 900 false federal income tax returns and claimed $2.5 million in tax refunds. 53-year-old Teresa Floyd was sentenced Thursday in Montgomery federal court. Floyd must also serve three years of probation and pay approximately $734,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. According to federal court documents, Floyd and her 37-year-old daughter, Lasondra Davis, operated several tax preparation businesses between March 2011 and May 2014. Davis was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year.
Boycott Anniversary
Major events are planned in Montgomery by various organizations preparing to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. At a Thursday news conference, Mayor Todd Strange and Montgomery County Commission Chairman Elton Dean discussed some of the events surrounding the anniversary. Loyd Howard with the Montgomery Improvement Association says he and others want the city's youth to be involved. Additional information about the Bus Boycott anniversary will be released November 2nd.
Possible New Trial
A judge in east Alabama is considering whether to grant a new trial to a woman serving life without parole in the running death of her 9-year-old granddaughter. 50-year-old Joyce Garrard of Boaz want the judge to through out her capital murder conviction,claiming her trial including numerous mistakes, including the judge wrongfully preventing her defense attorneys from presenting their theory about what led to Savannah Hardin's death in February 2012. Etowah County prosecutors say Garrard made the girl run until she collapsed as punishment for lying.
Mailing Narcotics
Federal prosecutors in Birmingham say the former executive of two nonprofit health clinics, including a facility in Tuskegee, has been sentenced for sending narcotics through the mail. 48-year-old Terri Mollica was sentenced Thursday to 28 months in prison on a charge of using U.S. mail to distribute a controlled substance. In April, Mollica pleaded guilty to using her position at the health clinics to defraud the federal government. Authorities say she illegally received around $1.7 million dollars in the scheme.