JUNE 2008 PRESS RELEASE
ARREST - CHRISTOPHER D. LISENBA
ON JUNE 9, 2008, DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A DOMESTIC SITUATION ON SANDERS ROAD IN THE RAWLS COMMUNITY. DEPUTIES NIC IRELAND, LAMAR STOKES, SGT JEFF DANIELS, AND AGENT CHRIS BYRD RESPONDED TO THE CALL. DEPUTIES WERE SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CALL AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO SEARCH THE PROPERTY. THE RESIDENT SIGNED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE PROPERTY. ON THE PROPERTY, DEPUTIES LOCATED TWENTY FIVE (25) MARIJUANA PLANTS ALL OF WHICH WERE MORE THAN 12 INCHES TALL. THE PLANTS WERE LOCATED ABOUT FORTY YARDS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE RESIDENCE AND HAD BEEN TENDED AND DUSTED WITH SEVIN DUST IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL GARDEN PESTS. WARRANTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR A SECOND SUBJECT INVOLVED IN THIS CASE. ARRESTED ON SCENE, CHRISTOPHER D. LISENBA, 33, OF DOZIER, WAS TAKEN TO THE COVINGTON COUNTY JAIL. LISENBA IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA SECOND DEGREE AND WAS HELD UNDER $3000 BOND.
CHRISTOPHER D. LINSENBA
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ARREST - TIMOTHY GLEN CHILDERS
ON MAY 25, 2008, DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE FLEETA SCHOOL JUST NORTH OF OPP IN REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE BURGLARY. THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND NUMEROUS ITEMS WERE MISSING. THE MAIN PART OF THE SECURITY SYSTEM WAS STOLEN AS WELL AS AT LEAST SIX HIGH END LAP TOPS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE THEFTS WAS AROUND $23,000.00. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEVELOPED INFORMATION THAT CHILDERS WAS INVOLVED IN THE THEFTS. UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUR OF THE LAPTOPS WERE RECOVERED FROM A LOCAL CREEK. THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR IN THIS CASE IS GREG JACKSON. INV JACKSON OBTAINED WARRANTS FOR BURGLARY 3RD DEGREE AND THEFT OF PROPERTY 1ST DEGREE FOR TIMOTHY GLEN CHILDERS, 23, OF OPP. CHILDERS TURNED HIMSELF IN TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON JUNE 11, 2008 AND WAS BOOKED UNDER A TOTAL BOND OF $30,000.00.
TIMOTHY GLEN CHILDERS
SHERIFF MEEKS SAID, " I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE CITIZENS OF COVINGTON COUNTY THAT WE ARE OUT THERE EACH DAY AND EVERY NIGHT WORKING HARD TO STOP CRIME AND TO SOLVE CASES. OUR DEPUTIES, INVESTIGATORS, AND AGENTS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE TO KEEP THEIR EYES OUT IN THERE OWN COMMUNITIES FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. YOU KNOW WHAT IS OUT OF PLACE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND AN ALERT CITIZEN IS OUR GREATEST ASSET. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE COUNTY AT LARGE. IF YOU SEE A CRIME TAKING PLACE OR HAVE AN EMERGENCY CALL 911. DISPATCH ALSO HAS A NON EMERGENCY NUMBER YOU CAN CALL FOR ASSISTANCE, 334-427-4911."
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ON JUNE 13, 2008, DEPUTY JERRY FIELDS WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHEN HIS VEHICLE HYDROPLANED ON HIGHWAY 29 SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA WHILE RESPONDING TO A CALL. SHERIFF MEEKS SAID, "THE VERY NATURE OF WHAT WE DO IS DANGEROUS. OUR DEPUTIES ARE WELL TRAINED AND DO A GREAT JOB. ANYTIME A DEPUTY RESPONDS TO AN EMERGENCY CALL LIKE THIS ONE, WHERE THE CALL WAS A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH ENTRAPMENT, THERE IS A CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING. I AM GRATEFUL THAT DEPUTY FIELDS IS DOING OKAY AND ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES."
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ON JUNE 9, 2008, INVESTIGATORS WITH THE COVINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ASSISTED SPECIAL AGENTS WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS AND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN SERVING FEDERAL INDICTMENTS ON MARK FREDERICK HARIGAN, 41, OF THE HACODA COMMUNITY, EAST OF FLORALA, AL. THE INDICTMENTS WERE THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION HEADED BY THE FBI. IN THE SPRING OF 2007, FEDERAL AGENTS ALONG WITH SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT HARIGAN'S HOME. NUMEROUS IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WERE DISCOVERED AND TAKEN AS EVIDENCE AS A RESULT OF THAT SEARCH. HARIGAN'S COMPUTER AS WELL SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS WERE RECOVERED AS EVIDENCE AS WELL. AGENTS PRESENTED EVIDENCE TO A FEDERAL GRAND JURY WHICH RETURNED INDICTMENTS AGAINST HARIGAN FOR POSSESSING AND OBTAINING ILLICIT MATERIAL, WHICH INCLUDES UNLAWFUL IMAGES OF CHILDREN OF A SEXUAL NATURE. HARIGAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO MONTGOMERY, AL FOR HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE ON THESE CHARGES. SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS ASSISTED AGENTS ON THIS CASE OVER THE COURSE OF MORE THAN A YEAR UNTIL HARIGAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. SHERIFF MEEKS SAID, "THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ON CHILD CRIMES AND SEX CRIMES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO INCLUDE FEDERAL AGENCIES AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE OFFENDERS TO JUSTICE. AGENTS AND INVESTIGATORS HANDLED THIS CASE IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL MANNER THAT I AM SURE WILL RESULT IN CONVICTION."
IF CONVICTED, HARIGAN FACES A MAXIMUM OF 30 YEARS IN PRISON, $500,000 IN FINES, AND SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
Mark Frederick Harigan