When a Woman is as Violent as a Man: Aldani Byrd

 

The late Cory Luke White and Aldani Faith Byrd shared one thing in common - the same Lauderdale County judge. According to an article in the Montgomery Advertiser, White was originally given probation, but then sent to prison after violating the terms of his release. White's sister some years later begged for a new sentencing for her brother, but her pleas went unanswered.

Let's compare White to Byrd; who is the more violent, at least on paper? That would be Byrd who has been involved in not one, but two, armed robberies. In fact, she allegedly stabbed the victim in one robbery. She has never been incarcerated in the state prison system.

Last week she was again returned to jail for violating her latest probation. It was the second time for Byrd to be charged with not toeing the line in this particular conviction. What will happen to her now?

Byrd, in addition to being a two-time runaway as a young teen and having one child taken away by the state, has at least 16 arrests in the past eight years in Lauderdale County. That's not counting Colbert, Franklin, or Mobile Counties where she also has arrests. 

Will Byrd now go south to finish her sentence? If she doesn't, why did White, whose criminal record didn't come close to comparing to Aldani Faith Byrd's?

Four Armed Robberies and She Blew Bail Again!

Does everyone remember Aldani Faith Byrd? Miss Byrd has not yet attained the age of 30 and has at least four arrests for armed robbery to her discredit. Where is she now?

As of this week, arrested again for not even bothering to appear in court. We're sure Judge Ben Graves who granted her bail (yes, he really did) was a mite displeased. 

We have no idea if and when her two arrests in the Mobile area were settled, but her two arrests for armed robbery in Lauderdale County are still in the system. Do we have sympathy for Byrd's drug problems? Yes; however, we have much more concern for her November 2018 victim whom she stabbed "multiple times."

Aldani Faith Byrd is a danger to herself, her family, and to the general public. Let's hope Lauderdale courts do the right thing this time. 

It's Not My Fault If I Like To Stab People

Aldani Faith Byrd - Judge Ben Graves Should Note!

Yesterday we linked a news post on Aldani Faith Byrd's arrest for Armed Robbery in Lauderdale County. We no sooner did than we began to receive both public and private posts about this young woman's violent criminal past and questions as to why she was not in prison at the time of her three most recent arrests (two violent). We have enough information on this woman to write a Sunday New York Times article, but here's a tidbit we discovered today. She has also had at least three arrests in Baldwin County, two of them for Robbery:

Baldwin County Mug Shot 2017 - Third Degree Armed Robbery

Byrd is currently serving a short sentence in Lauderdale County Community Corrections (as a state prisoner) for receiving stolen autos. Since that sentence was imposed, she's been involved in a car theft with stabbing and now a solo Armed Robbery. Her family, we're told, has already gotten Judge Ben Graves to reduce her bond amount by over half ($25,000,00) and is angling for no bond at all. 

This woman is no angel. After reading the original news article we linked, we checked and her second flight from "home" was actually an escape from a girls' detention home. Many of her criminal indictments were sealed due to her being a juvenile. We had thought these records were opened if the perp continued down the wrong path, but apparently not in all cases. Readers have sent us accounts of countless petty crimes that were the result of anger and drugs.

Yes, this woman needs help, but she does not need to be free. She has had enough arrests/convictions for violent crimes that she should be sentenced as a habitual violent offender. If Aldani Bryd is given still another slap on the wrist, her next violent crime will be on the hands of Judge Ben Graves. 

(BTW, to the person who said Byrd is a good mother because she's never taken her daughter with her on a robbery, we don't have an answer for you that we could publish in a family blog.)

UPDATE: ALDANI FAITH BYRD FOUND

This is Aldani Faith Byrd of Killen; she's missing for the second time this year. In May, the rising Brooks junior argued with her mother and disappeared for several days while ostensibly trying to make it to Birmingham. Byrd's mother Angela Fountain lives in Killen, and her father in Tuscumbia. After returning home, Byrd began a stint in the Lauderdale County Attention Home for girls. According to reports, Byrd has again absconded.

If you see Byrd, please call the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office at 760-5757. More photos of Byrd may be viewed at her Facebook page: Link


UPDATE: Byrd has been found around 4:30 p.m. We hope this is her last foray into escape.

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How well will City of Florence police contend with texters who drive, or should that be drivers who text? From one reader:

FPD refuses to enforce the current ban on skateboarders downtown, so why should they enforce this latest ordinance? At times, especially on 'First Fridays', one cannot walk without fear of being run over. Skateboarders flaunt their contempt for the ban by skateboarding all around the Lauderdale County courthouse in plain sight of passing FPD officers.



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