A small Alabama city has been roiled by accusations that the local police department has a “rampant culture of corruption.” ...

An Alabama grand jury has recommended that the Hanceville Police Department be "immediately abolished," prosecutors said ...

Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said five Hanceville police officers were indicted on corruption and drug ...

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday.

Attorney General Steve Marshall says his office will not be directly involved in the investigation into Hanceville Police ...

Hanceville’s police chief, 51-year-old Jason Marlin, is charged along with Officers Cody Alan Kelso, 33, Drew Shelnutt, 39, Jason Wilbanks, 37, Eric Michael Kelso, 44, and his wife, 63-year-old Donna ...

A small Alabama city placed its entire police force ... as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency." Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in a statement that the Cullman ...

Hanceville, a small Alabama city of around 3,200 located about 45 miles north of Birmingham, placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after the grand jury recommendation.

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because ... announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — As a small Alabama city weighs whether to disband its police department accused of having a “rampant culture of corruption,” residents are split over how to weigh the need ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has “operated as more of ...

Hanceville, in northern Alabama, is a small city of just over 3,200 residents. Marlin joined the department in 2021 after working with the Birmingham Police Department for 20 years, The Cullman ...