On January 15, 2011 the Dothan Police Department arrested Josiah Paul Whigan for felony narcotic charges. While patrolling Ussery Homes, an alert patrolman observed Josiah Whigan fire several rounds from a hand gun.  After a brief foot chase, the officer caught Whigan and placed him under arrest. Officers searched Whigan and found a clear plastic bag in his pocket. The bag held seven more bags, each containing marijuana packaged for sale (about 8 grams total). Whigan was charged with First Degree Possession of Marijuana and transported to the Dothan City Jail.

· Josiah Paul Whigan, black male, 22 years of age, of Vassar Street was arrested and charged with First Degree Possession of Marijuana with a $15,000 bond.

Gregory J. Benton

Chief of Police

On January 17, 2011 the Dothan Police Department arrested Anthony Charles Nelson for Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and Escape. While on routine patrol, a night shift officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in violation of the noise ordinance. During the course of the stop, officers observed the driver hide a cigarette case under a car seat. Officers detained the subject and removed the case which contained approximately one gram of cocaine. Nelson was placed under arrest and after being handcuffed he was able to break free from officers and flee. Nelson was caught following a short foot pursuit and transported to the Dothan City Jail.

· Anthony Charles Nelson, black male, 26 years of age, of Cowarts, Alabama was arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and Third Degree Escape with bonds totaling $30,000.

Gregory J. Benton

The case of a Madison man charged with murder was sent Friday to aCoffee County grand jury following a preliminary before District Judge Paul Sherling.

Jeremy Keyon Harrison is charged with murder in the death of Reginald Gibbs II, 22, of Enterprise. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Oct. 30 in the parking lot of theDaleville Lounge.

Enterprise Police Department Investigator Kyle Hale testified during the hearing that a birthday party forMaurice Hicks began at Vaughn’s, but after Vaughn’s closed, the party moved to the Daleville Lounge.

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Houston County Sheriff’s deputies handcuffed a 47-year-old man Friday as they took him into custody to serve a year in prison for stealing more than $250,000.

Robert Adam Edmondson received a split sentence on a 10-year prison term after he pleaded guilty to a felony securities commission violation.

Greg Biggs, an attorney who represented the Alabama Securities Commission, said Edmondson ran an investment scam, taking people for as much as $500,000 since 2004. Biggs said when the case went to court the lesser $250,000 amount was agreed on for restitution.

“He basically took these poor people’s money and spent it to pay off his bills,” Biggs said. “It’s just a different way of stealing. This guy is a businessman and he knew better.”

Records show Edmondson pleaded guilty to the sale of shares of stock in Digicon Management Corporation while making untrue statements of fact to a man that the company was in good financial condition.

Stephen Redwine, of Slocomb, who attended the court hearing, said he was satisfied with the disposition of the case, even though he lost $20,000 in an investment with Edmondson.

“We was going to get 75 percent back,” Redwine said. “Justice has been served here.”

As part of the plea agreement between the prosecution and defense attorney Eric Davis, the court gave Edmondson a split sentence with one year to serve in prison. Edmondson pleaded guilty in October 2010, and was ordered to turn himself in Friday to pay back some of the ordered $250,000 in restitution. Davis said his client brought $1,500 Friday.

Houston County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Edmondson in August 2008, as part of a five-count indictment filed against him. But he pleaded guilty to only one of the charges, a class C felony.