'Dangerous Offender' In Custody After TPD Closes Stretch Of McFarland Boulevard

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Tuscaloosa Police Department says a "dangerous offender" from another county is in custody after officers briefly closed McFarland Boulevard near 13th Street Wednesday afternoon.

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TPD said around 1:15 p.m., TPD officers assistant the U.S. Marshals Service in taking the suspect into custody. Few other details about the suspect or incident have been made public at this time.

TPD then said all lanes have since been reopened.

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