Deatsville NewsLocal news for Deatsville, AL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Popular Millbrook restaurant receives heavy damage from fire- April 21, 2008 "I thought, why would someone do that" A Millbrook dining favorite almost went up in smoke Tues day afternoon, as the Smoke house Barbecue restaurant on Main Street caught fire. via Montgomery Advertiserhttp://www.topix.net/city/deatsville-al/2008/04/popular-millbrook-restaurant-receives-heav... Frank Edward Wiggins- April 19, 2008 Frank Edward "Pete" Wiggins, 82, a native of Tensaw, formerly of Deatsville and a resident of Fairhope, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008. via Sand Mountain Reporterhttp://www.topix.net/city/deatsville-al/2008/04/frank-edward-wiggins?fromrss=1 Jury accepts claim of self-defense- April 16, 2008 "Both parties were wrong to some degree" By David Goodwin - News Editor Email this story Tommy Joe Swearingen was acquitted of manslaughter charges last week, exonerated in a case where he admitted to taking another man's life. via Wetumpka Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/deatsville-al/2008/04/jury-accepts-claim-of-self-defense?fromrss... Deatsville man found not guilty of manslaughter- April 14, 2008 "Human nature demands that. The jury had to hear what was going through his mind at the time. Its not what you or I would do, its what Tommy felt he had to do in that split second. I think the jury saw that at the time, he was in fear for his life." WETUMPKA - When Tommy Joe Swearengin heard the foreman of the jury tell an Elmore County courtroom Wednesday afternoon that he had been found not guilty of manslaughter, relief flooded him. via Montgomery Advertiserhttp://www.topix.net/city/deatsville-al/2008/04/deatsville-man-found-not-guilty-of-manslau... Jury Acquits Elmore County Man in Manslaughter Case- April 12, 2008 "He shot where no homes were, where no people were." A heartrending and controversial Elmore County case came to an end Wednesday with an acquittal for a Deatsville man accused of manslaughter. via WSFA-TV Montgomeryhttp://www.topix.net/city/deatsville-al/2008/04/jury-acquits-elmore-county-man-in-manslaug... Elmore County Manslaughter Trial Begins- April 10, 2008 The trial of a Deatsville man charged with manslaughter began Tuesday. Opening arguments were heard in the trial of Tommy Joe Swearengin. via WSFA-TV Montgomeryhttp://www.topix.net/city/deatsville-al/2008/04/elmore-county-manslaughter-trial-begins?fr... |