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MARION COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Butler pleads guilty, gets life for solicitation of murder
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ED HOWELL/STAFF
Butler heads to court for plea deal
Larry Butler of Haleyville (in prison uniform) walks into the Marion County
Courthouse on Jan. 24, accompanied by Marion County Sheriff’s Department investigator Ronny Vickery. Butler pled guilty to four counts that
day in relation to a series of murder-for-hire plots that he initiated in 2011.
Haleyville man tries to arrange another attempted murder from jail
By ED HOWELL
Staff Writer
HAMILTON - Larry Lee Butler of Haleyville pled guilty in Marion County Circuit
Court and was sentenced on Jan. 24 to four concurrent life sentences on
Tuesday, Jan. 24, after arranging a series of unsuccessful murders for hire
last year.
Butler, 54, pled to paying money and giving instructions on June 30, 2011, to
murder his wife and mother-in-law--not to mention the wife of the man arranging
the murders, all while he was being taped by authorities making the
arrangements. Later, behind bars, Butler even tried to arrange the murder of
the contracted hit man but law enforcement found out about the plot early on.
For more, please read the Saturday, Jan. 28, print edition of the Journal Record.
MARION CO. DRUG TASK FORCE
Chief agent cleared of using excessive force
Verdict comes after 14-hour deliberation in federal court
By TRACY ESTES
News Editor
TUSCALOOSA - Spending 14 hours in deliberation after almost four days of testimony in the new federal courthouse in Tuscaloosa, the chief agent for the Marion
County Drug Task Force has been cleared of using excessive force in a case
dating back to January 2007.
Stanley Webb, a six-year veteran with the county drug task force, was the
defendant in a civil suit filed by the man who was the alleged victim in a
physical confrontation on Marion County Road 38.
For more, please read the Saturday, Jan. 28, print edition of the Journal Record.
Championship friendship
Cancer-stricken Hamilton man visits
via phone with Alabama team days before national championship win
By TRACY ESTES
News Editor
HAMILTON - While there have been many celebrating the Crimson Tide’s victory in New Orleans and the school’s most recent national crown, there were probably few who cherished the victory
any more than a Hamilton man facing a challenge much more daunting than the LSU
Tigers.
Anthony Nash is only 21, but the young man has been battling cancer for the past
year. And after turning back the tide of illness through a detailed series of
treatment, he has less than six months to live.
For more, please read the Saturday, Jan. 28, print edition of the Journal Record.
KATHRYN HIRSCHFELD/STAFF
Bringing home a championship
Hamilton resident Anthony Nash welcomed gifts from the Alabama Crimson Tide football team prior to winning the school’s most recent national championship. An autographed photo from coach Nick Saban was included among the gifts, along with a team media guide signed by All-American
runningback Trent Richardson--both of which included personal messages for
Nash. A letter written by university director of sports medicine Jeff Allen
praised Nash, saying his story had touched the hearts of the players with whom
he visited by phone.
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- Humane society participating in statewide fundraiser
- No ANDI declared for third year in a row
- Absentee applications now available
- Benefit singing at BSCC for Winfield crash victim
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