Indictments?/Phil Campbell Shooting

When our blog was fairly new, we had information that a Colbert County fire was arson and that arrests were definitely in line to be made. At that time we had one persistent critic who repeatedly questioned the delay. After a year or so, two men were arrested after an indictment. Often there is no arrest until an indictment, but even if there is, an indictment can take months or even a year.

Last February, there was a shooting in Phil Campbell. Of three suspects who allegedly fired multiple times into an occupied dwelling, only two have been arrested. One has now been indicted:

Tajah Brown

A second man, J.J. Common, was returned to prison in Limestone. We understand he may face a federal indictment rather than state charges due to his previous legal wranglings.

We're seeing nine month delays in Lauderdale County and similar times in Colbert if the district attorney doesn't rush proceedings through. Is justice delayed justice denied? If anyone wants quicker justice, we suggest more taxes. After all, Brian Lindsey swears by it.

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Will the Muscle Shoals superintendent get an almost doubling of property tax to fund his school system? Our guess is no. How much will the tax referendum cost the taxpayers of Muscle Shoals? If anyone comes up with a figure, please send it to us. Every citizen of Muscle Shoals has a right to know.

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We presume everyone has heard about Roy Moore's lawsuit against the state. It was filed in Montgomery Circuit Court, but apparently the correct venue would have been federal court. So much for Roy's "slip and fall" attorney Trent Garmon and his legal expertise. So much for Roy's as well, it would seem.

Doug Jones has now been certified as the winner of the special election, and Roy...well, we presume Roy is at home in Gadsden plotting his next move. Makes you feel secure, doesn't it?