City Councilman pleads guilty to shoplifting

WVAS | By Melanie Hogan

Published August 23, 2023 at 11:15 PM EDT

An Alabama city councilman pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of misdemeanor shoplifting.

Huntsville City Council member 34-year-old Devyn Keith, agreed to a plea deal just as his trial was set to begin Tuesday afternoon.

Keith was arrested in February and was charged with four counts of shoplifting.

Madison County District Judge Patty Demos gave Keith a 90-day suspended sentence and two years’ probation for the first charge. For the second charge, Keith was given a 180-day suspended sentence and 50 hours of community service. He is also permanently banned from Walmart.

He was first elected to the Huntsville City Council in October 2016 and was reelected in 2020.

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Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.

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