HAMILTON POST – A single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian that occurred at approximately 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, has claimed the life of a Nauvoo man. Justin C. Morgan, 30, the pedestrian, was fatally injured when he was struck by the 2016 Ford F-250 driven by Jason G. Chambers, 51, of Carbon Hill. Morgan was pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash occurred on Redmill Saragossa Road near Edgil Grove Road, approximately seven miles northwest of Jasper, in Walker County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.

HAMILTON POST – A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 11 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, has claimed the life of a Haleyville woman. Charity B. Cordray, 42, was fatally injured when the 2000 Toyota Avalon that she was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Cordray was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash, was ejected and pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash occurred on Winston County 11 near Littleville Road, approximately two miles east of Haleyville, in Winston County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.

Wes Allen, Alabama’s Secretary of State, announced today that his office assisted the U.S. Department of State, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Russellville Police Department with an investigation that led to the arrest of three individuals for identity theft. The three individuals are also not American citizens.

The arrest of Teresa Martin Pascual, Maria Juan Pascual and Luis Balderman occurred on March 15, 2023. The three individuals are not qualified to vote, are not American citizens and had no right to participate in Alabama’s elections. According to the indictment, they each used identification that was not their own to register to vote and vote in the names of identity theft victims.

“I am incredibly appreciative of the efforts of the law enforcement agencies who worked together to indict and apprehend these three individuals,” Secretary Allen said. “My office will always assist law enforcement in every way possible to seek convictions of individuals who attempt to illegally vote in our elections. We will not tolerate a single illegal voter attempting to participate in our elections.”

Alabama law requires that registered voters must be legal American citizens.

Wes Allen serves as Alabama’s 54th Secretary of State and was sworn into office on January 16, 2023.