Grand jury recommends abolishing Alabama police department because of a ‘culture of corruption’
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers on a variety of charges that included accusations of mishandling or removing evidence from the department’s evidence room.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/20/us/hanceville-alabama-police-grand-jury-abolish/index.html
Five Hanceville officers, spouse of an officer arrested in connection to dispatcher’s death
The autopsy determined that Willingham died from “combined toxic effects of fentanyl, gabapentin, diazepam, amphetamine, carisoprodol and methocarbamol.”
Gentry says if Hanceville PD does get abolished, Cullman County Sheriff’s Office is ready to step in and help.
02 19 2025
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/five-hanceville-officers-spouse-of-an-officer-arrested-in-connection-to-dispatcher-s-death/ar-AA1znMn7
Laundry list of charges detailed in article.
At the 2020 census, the population was 3,217
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanceville,_Alabama