Who the Heck Knows Where Michael Prater Is?

Michael Stacey Prater walked out of the Lauderdale County Detention Center a free man and is gone, gone, gone. The detention center said he was released on probation. Very odd term there. Probation is usually for those who don't go to prison in the first place. The DOC says he ended his sentence on March 19th.

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The DOC also says there was no hold placed on Prater by Lauderdale County or anyone else and it also denies sending any paperwork to the detention center. We have no idea how many male prisoners are currently in the detention center, but we would imagine at least some employees were familiar with Prater. They knew he went to court and was sentenced...didn't they?

However, we feel there has to be some kind of paperwork somewhere, doesn't there? We look forward to more on this story.

More about Michael Stacey Prater: Wanted!


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Three Not So Perfect Parents

You know the drill; all are innocent until proved guilty. How many really are innocent? Probably very few. Today's news carried reports of those arrested due to indictments--three were parents who had harmed their children.

Amy Leigh Gladden allegedly was so stoned on prescription drugs that she didn't know her 15 month-old son was wandering the streets of Muscle Shoals. Authorities say Michael Stacey Prater of Lauderdale County used his five year-old son as a human shield. Florence police have accused Lyndsey Brook Grindol of intentionally breaking her young child's arm. That's a lot of abuse for a small area...or is it?

How many parents lose track of their children only to have a neighbor corral them instead of police? How many fathers involve their children in their nefarious pursuits? How many mothers twist their child's arm, just not to the breaking point? We don't think it takes a village to rear a child, but it may just take one to save some children from their own parents.

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The fall season is upon us, but we're also in the middle of allergy season. In Alabama, it starts on March 1st and ends on February 28th.



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