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An incident Monday, February 3, involving a stolen Sheriff’s SUV, taken by a trustee\/inmate of the Winston County Jail and the ensuing crash of the vehicle and recapture of the inmate. The following is a public statement by Sheriff Horace Moore:<\/p>\n
I do not believe in cover-ups or sweeping issues under the rug. I told the citizens of Winston County I would keep them informed after my appointment\u201d, Sheriff Moore said. I had an incident yesterday evening at the sheriff\u2019s office that I will explain. Around 4:00 pm all my deputies, investigators, chief deputy and myself began our monthly Safety Training Meeting. After our meeting was finished, around 5:00 pm, we discovered a trustee had driven off in one of the sheriff\u2019s office patrol vehicles. At that time, we locked down the jail and compound and discovered the trustee, Wesley Aldridge, who was working as the shop mechanic, was the only one missing. Dispatch informed me that Decatur Police had Aldridge stopped on highway 31, just east of Decatur. Myself, Chief Deputy Rodgers, Deputy Jonathan Oliver, Deputy Josh Silas, and Investigator Caleb Snoddy headed to Decatur to help and assist Decatur Police and begin conducting our investigation of the incident. After arriving on the scene, we found Aldridge had wrecked the patrol vehicle and sideswiped another vehicle. Decatur Police had Aldridge under arrest and in custody. No one was seriously injured. The person in the vehicle Aldridge sideswiped was taken to a local hospital for observation. \u201cThank God no one was seriously injured\u201d, Moore said. No deputy or sheriff employee was involved. Aldridge faces multiple charges from Decatur Police and many charges from the Winston County Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u201cHe will spend years in prison\u201d, Moore said. \u201cI will not rest until that happens. I will do everything I can to speed the process.\u201d Decatur Police has Aldridge in custody now. An incident Monday, February 3, involving a stolen Sheriff’s SUV, taken by a trustee\/inmate of the Winston County Jail and the ensuing crash of the vehicle and recapture of the inmate. The following is a public statement by Sheriff Horace Moore: I do not believe in cover-ups or sweeping issues under the rug. I told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16675,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16673\/revisions\/16675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbtv.us\/News-for-Haleyville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWe arrived back at the jail and conducted our investigation on the grounds of the jail. As a result, four inmates from work release and two trustees were placed back into jail. These inmates will no longer be on work release or receive trustee status. The location of our jail makes it hard to secure the compound as it should be but security is a huge concern with me. I want to sit down with the county commission and work with them on more fencing. I will change existing policies and procedures on safety and security. No work release or trustee visitation will be allowed for the next two weeks. More changes will be made as well. \u201cThe vehicle that Aldridge wrecked was one of the older models, but still in use\u201d. Moore said.
\n\u201cThis case is still under investigation by the Decatur Police and the Winston County Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u201d Moore said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"