Fugitives from justices caught in Crenshaw

Published 4:25 pm Wednesday, November 11, 2020

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Crenshaw County deputies arrested two Tennessee residents who were fugitives from justice.

Sheriff Terry Mears said that on Nov. 6, at approximately 3:45 p.m., Deputy Marcus Laster initiated a traffic stop on a Jeep Patriot was speeding on Montgomery Hwy., near the Highland Home Fire Department.

Mears said when Laster made contact with the occupants – Taya Donahue, Kevin Williams and Ashlie Haynes – he discovered that Williams and Haynes each had felony fugitive from justice warrants from Hamilton County, Tenn.

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Laster also discovered marijuana and methamphetamine inside the Patriot.

Mears said that all three were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana second degree and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Williams and Haynes were held in the Crenshaw County Jail for extradition to Hamilton County.