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September 2, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall led a 21-state amicus brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the religious freedoms of the Amish community in rural New York. The State of New York has imposed massive penalties on Amish-only private schools because Amish parents hold religious beliefs against vaccinating their Amish children who attend these schools. The brief, filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, argues that when New York eliminated l...
September 4, 2025 - MOINTGOMERY, AL - Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of Teenya Dashawn Heard, 47, of Oxford, for murder. Heard was convicted in the Calhoun County Circuit Court on February 15, 2024. The evidence at trial showed that on the evening of July 24, 2020, Heard attended a birthday party and left her children at home with her husband. Heard's husband joined her later at the birthday party and subsequently got...
August 22, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the indictment of two individuals in a case involving multiple property crimes occurring in Thomasville, Alabama. Anthony Kirven Williams and Teresa Cobb Williams, of Linden, were arrested and booked into the Clarke County Jail on August 20. They each have a bond set at $450,000. The alleged crimes occurred in Clarke County and were investigated by the Thomasville Police Department and the Attorney General's Consumer...
August 21, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL. – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to take emergency action to schedule a drug linked to deaths across the country. In a letter to DEA Administrator Terry Cole, the attorneys general sounded the alarm on bromazolam, a dangerous and unregulated designer drug often referred to as "designer Xanax." They outlined safety concerns calling bromazolam "highly p...
August 25, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL. – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 26 states in support of ending California's illegal war on gas-powered cars and trucks. The States' brief filed in the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals explains the authority of Congress and President Trump to revoke waivers granted to California by the Biden Administration's EPA. The waivers authorized by Biden allowed California's radical net-zero emissions to dictate what vehicles A...
August 26, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today that a former employee of the Alabama Medicaid Agency has been convicted for the theft of over $100,000 in public funds. Natalie Colette Lewis, 60, of Montgomery, pleaded guilty to Aggravated Theft of Property before Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid. Sentencing is set for October 2nd. Lewis faces up to 30 years imprisonment, a $60,000 fine, and forfeiture of her state retirement benefits. Lewis had...
August 12, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today expressed his strong support for President Donald Trump's nomination of Edmund LaCour Jr. to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. "President Trump could not have made a better choice than Edmund LaCour for the federal bench," said Attorney General Marshall. "Eddie is one of the most brilliant and principled lawyers with whom I have ever worked. His deep understanding of the law, h...
July 15, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Last week, on behalf of Attorney General Steve Marshall, Chief Deputy Attorney General Clay Crenshaw presented the inaugural Carolyn Potter Outstanding Anti-Human Trafficking Service Award, recognizing exceptional leadership and impact in the fight against human trafficking in Alabama. The award honors an individual or organization that has significantly advanced anti-human trafficking efforts across the state. It is intended to commend admirable service, e...
July 11, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced Alabama's participation in a nationwide settlement with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. All eight defendants have agreed to proceed with a sign-on period for local governments. Alabama will receive, with full participation by local governments, public hospitals, and other government agencies, approximately $11.725 million from the eight drug m...
June 20, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced the application process for the 2025 Alabama Safe Schools Initiative Awards. These awards provide the opportunity to identify and recognize excellence and current trends in school safety throughout the state. The deadline to file an application is Friday, August 15, 2025. "There is nothing more important than protecting the health and safety of our children, especially while they are in school. As the key st...
July 3, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions of Bryan Craig Fox, 54, of Oneonta, for murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. Fox was convicted in the Blount County Circuit Court on May 21, 2024. In November 2021, Fox was living in Oneonta with his wife, Sharon Teal Askew. Fox, at the time of his wife's murder, was involved in an extramarital relationship and was a convicted criminal who was not allow...
June 16, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed the 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, of the plan to proceed with the settlement, which would resolve litigation against Purdue and the Sacklers for their role in creating and worsening the opioid crisis across the country. Now that the state sign-on p...
June 18, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a statement celebrating today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Skrmetti. The 6-3 decision upheld Tennessee's law imposing age-based restrictions on access to sex-change procedures against an Equal Protection Clause challenge by the Biden Administration and the ACLU. The decision clears the way for enforcement of similar laws in over 25 States, including Alabama, that prohibit doctors from p...
(Huntsville, Ala.) – Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today the conviction and life sentence of Reginald Eugene Scott, 45, of Huntsville, Alabama for Trafficking in Cocaine. Based upon the evidence, Scott was a leader and organizer of a wide-ranging drug trafficking organization with ties to criminal elements throughout the southeast. And, over the course of the investigation, law enforcement recovered numerous firearms related to drug trafficking. Scott pleaded guilty to one count o...
May 28, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a 28-state coalition of state attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc., expressing grave concerns over recent reports that Meta's AI chatbot, Meta AI, exposes children to sexually explicit content. The letter highlights that the platform fails to warn parents about these risks and enables adult users to engage in sexually predatory behavior-using AI bots that can simulate interactions with underag...
May 23, 2025 - MONTGOMERY. AL – Attorney General Steve Marshall sent a multi-state letter urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act and create a framework for lawful concealed carry across state lines. In a letter sent to House leadership about H.R. 38, Attorney General Marshall and 23 other state attorneys general emphasized that broad rights for concealed carry among law-abiding citizens promote public safety and respect gun owners' f...
May 1, 2025 - ASHLAND, AL – Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today the conviction of Terry Andrew Heflin, a former Democratic candidate for District 5 of the Clay County Commission, for committing absentee ballot fraud during his campaign. Heflin pleaded guilty to one count of absentee ballot fraud, a Class C felony. In entering his plea, Heflin admitted to unlawfully requesting and completing another citizen's absentee ballot, voting for himself without the voter's knowledge or c...
May 30, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Baldwin County Company After Attorney General Marshall Files Complaint Alleging Deceptive Conduct (Montgomery, Ala.) – Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today that a judge granted a preliminary injunction against a Baldwin County company for falsely claiming to be certified to sell nursery plants and other agricultural products in violation of Alabama's Deceptive Trade Practices Act. In March, Attorney General Ma...
(Montgomery, Ala) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today a landmark legal victory in Boe v. Marshall following the plaintiffs' decision to drop their challenge to Alabama's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which prohibits experimental sex-change procedures for minors. The dismissal marks a total and historic win for the State of Alabama. "Three years ago, multiple sets of plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, SPLC, and some of the nation's largest law firms, f...
May 9, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a 26-state coalition today asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to intervene and halt Hawaii's unconstitutional gun ban which prohibits the carry or possession of firearms in designated "sensitive" places, including bars and restaurants serving alcohol, parks and beaches, banks and financial institutions, and other areas. The amicus brief was filed in the case of Wolford v. Lopez, in support of t...
May 1, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL. – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall led a 24-state brief supporting Ohio's law prohibiting experimental sex-change procedures for minors. The brief urged the Ohio Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that enjoined enforcement of Ohio's law based on its conclusion that the law conflicted with purported standards of care promulgated by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). In the brief, Attorney General Marshall argued t...
April 7, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is joining forces with law enforcement agencies and crime victims’ organizations across the state to recognize National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, observed this year from April 6-12, 2025. This annual observance serves as a time to honor victims of crime, support their families, and raise awareness about the critical resources available to help them heal. The 2025 theme, “Kinship, Connecting & Healing,” highlight...
April 2, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL.) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a 27-state brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the Trump administration's recent actions to combat Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The attorneys general are also calling for a stay of a district court's recent temporary restraining order that halts President Trump's actions to combat this violent gang, which has now been designated a foreign terrorist organization. The brief argues that the lower court's r...
April 1, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL. – Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of 25 state attorneys general asking the Trump Administration to close a loophole used by adversaries and drug traffickers to flood deadly fentanyl into the United States. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem and Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Pete Flores, the attorneys general call for greater scrutiny of an import pilot program called E...
April 10, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined 22 fellow attorneys general in filing an amicus curiae brief in United States v. State of Illinois, urging the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to reject attempts by Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County to shield illegal aliens from federal immigration authorities. The brief argues that these sanctuary laws directly conflict with federal law, frustrate national immigration enforcement, a...
