🌱Task Force Arrests + Former Police Chief Busted

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Posted Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 5:59 am CT|Updated Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 6:09 am CT

Hey, Tuscaloosa! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny and nice. High: 62 | Low: 39.

Two Bibb County men, including a former police chief and a reserve officer for the West Blocton Police Department, have been arrested and charged with sexual assault for an incident dating back to January. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
Since identifying wreckage in 2019 as the Clotilda, the last known U.S. ship involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, researchers have discovered that the ship is mostly intact, but still do not know if it can be pulled from the wreck site. (Birmingham Patch)
A Tuscaloosa County man has been arrested on child pornography charges, which follows a joint investigation led by the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
In other news from the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task, TPD has arrested another Tuscaloosa man wanted for 10 counts of possession of child pornography in a separate case. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The fundraiser for a 75-year-old cashier at the McDonald's in McCalla has topped $10,000 in less than one week. Read more about this inspiring lady here. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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