Members of the Rainsville Fire Department (L), City Council and Mayor (C), Kayron Guffey (C), and members of the Rainsville Police Department (R). (Photo credit Marla Jones) Local first responders placed a wreath today, at the First Responders Memorial, in Rainsville, Alabama, in remembrance of 9/11.
Press Release from Rainsville Police Department, November 21, 2023 On November 17th, 2023 at approximately 6:12AM patrolmen with Rainsville Police Department, as well as units from Henagar Police Department, Sylvania Police Department, and Dekalb County Sheriffs office responded to the 200 block of Carlyle Road in Rainsville for reports of shots being fired into a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 8TH 2023 11:00AM Recently, Rainsville Police Department opened an investigation of Sexual Abuse of a minor after receiving a complaint. As the investigation progressed, many more disturbing facts were found by investigators. Over the next several weeks evidence was collected by search warrants and forensic interviews. In February of 2023, a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02/14/2023 @ 11:00AM On 02/13/2023 many departments in our area responded to a vehicle accident in Powell, where a car had collided with a wagon being pulled by a horse. This accident caused injury to the Mennonite family on the horse-drawn wagon, and the horse sustained fatal injuries. As anyone can imagine,…
For Immediate Release 02/13/2023 @ 11:00AM On February 2nd 2023 Rainsville Officers were dispatched to the 1800 Block of Garret St. for a call of Domestic Disturbance. On scene officers arrested Hunter Sayre(27) of Rainsville for the charges of Domestic Violence Harassment and Possession of a Controlled Substance after Methamphetamine, syringes, and a tourniquet were…
News Release from Rainsville Police Department. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/15/2022 On November 14th 2022 Steve Robert Wukmer age 66 of Rainsville was arrested at his place of employment in Fort Payne, AL for 215 Counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The investigation into these charges began earlier in November after a tip was received by…
11/04/2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On November 1st 2022 at approximately 10:45PM Patrol Officers with Rainsville Police Department performed a traffic stop on County Road 90 in Rainsville. During this stop the officers obtained permission to search the vehicle. Officers also identified the Driver of the car as Justin Leslie Scott. Scott’s girlfriend was in the…
Press Release from Rainsville Police Department October 17, 2022 On Friday October 14th 2022 at approximately 12:25PM Rainsville Police Department and Fire Department received a call that a vehicle had crashed into the side of the shopping center in the 800 Block of Main St West. According to calls there was injury. When police and…
According to information released by the Rainsville Police Department, a driver drove into a local vape shop today. There was a heavy police and fire presence in the 800 block of Main St West today near Subway and Rainsville Drugs. Today around noon a vehicle in the drive thru line for Rainsville Drugs accelerated into…
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. – On October 5, 2022, Narcotics Agents with DeKalb County Narcotics Unit along with Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office, Henagar Police Department, Rainsville Police Department, ALEA Region F Task Force and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office conducted 3 search warrants which led to over…
For Immediate Release 09/28/2022 Chief Michael Edmondson, Sergeant Alex Jose, and Officer Sean Fowler of Rainsville Police Department, along with Chief Stephen Malone from Powell Police Department visited Fyffe Pre-K for show and tell on Monday September 26th 2022. While there the officers talked about safety with the kids. After that, the children got to…
09/12/2022 AT 12:05PM On September 8, 2022 at approximately 7:35PM patrol officers responded to Stop to Save to investigate reports of a possible fight taking place in the parking lot between a male and female. When officers arrived on scene, they found that the people in the supposed fight had already left the premises. According…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/02/2022 Dawson Phillip Brown, 23 of Stone Mountain Georgia was arrested on September 1 2022 at approximately 5:47PM. According to Rainsville Police Department Investigator, LT Josh Wilson, Brown faxed a forged prescription for a controlled substance to Rainsville Drugs. Rainsville Drugs immediately contacted Rainsville Police Department to report the incident. Rainsville Police…
PRESS RELEASE 08/10/2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘Plainview Street now One Way’ Starting immediately, Plainview Street is now a one-way road. Those dropping off children may only enter Plainview Street by way of Garrett Street after 7:20AM and must exit onto Chavies Road. After discussion with Plainview Administration, it is found that car riders are entering…
We at Rainsville Police Department would like to take the time to share the plans for festival parking and the parking lot exit at the end of the fireworks at Freedom Fest 2022. Parking will be provided at the following locations: Parking lot in front of the Rainsville Agribusiness Center (to access: AL HWY 75…
On 05/17/2022 News Release from Rainsville Police Department Rainsville PD officers responded to a call of a women trying to steal a car in the 100 Block of Chavies Road at approximately 5:29 AM. When officers arrived on scene, they found Aaliyah Gabrielle Yother going thru and getting items out of vehicles. Yother Was arrested…
New Release from Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) ST. CLAIR COUNTY–At approximately 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division arrested Tyler Blaise Wilbanks, 22, of Sylvania. Wilbanks was arrested in Pell City and charged with Manslaughter and a Felony Leaving the Scene of an Accident (LSA)….
Rainsville, Al. – The Rainsville Police Department made 4 arrests on Thursday March 3rd, 2022. Tony Dwight Wilbanks, 48 of Rainsville was arrested on Active Warrants for Resisting Arrest, Domestic Violence 3rd, and Obstructing Government Operations after he was found at the Rainsville Agribusiness Center doing “donuts” in the parking lot on an ATV. Bryan…
On 02/15/2022 Rainsville Police Department seized a large Marijuana grow inside a residence in the 200 Block of Dilbeck Road East in Rainsville AL. Officers from Rainsville Police Department received information from concerned citizens that there was possibly an adult male and a young child living in the residence without food or water. Officers from…
Kelly Kevin Wachs of Calera, AL was arrested after a grand jury indictment for the Charge of Sexual Abuse 1st Degree and Interference with Custody. This investigation started in April of 2020 after a concerned parent reported a possible problem between her juvenile daughter and Wachs. Mr. Wachs was arrested on 01/25/2022 and later released…
Press Release from Rainsville Police Department Update on Storm Damage 10:13AM 12/30/2021 Last night at approximately 8:28PM the City of Rainsville was hit by a significant storm. At this time our office hasn’t received word that this was a tornado. There are several pictures and videos of a possible tornado taking the path of the…
On 11-30-2021 Investigators with Rainsville Police Department arrested Austin Blake Sizemore of Rainsville after a grand jury indicted him on Six Counts of Possession of Child Pornography, and One Count of Distribution of Child Pornography. He was placed in Dekalb County jail on a $210,000 bond. Mr. Sizemore made bond the same day and was…
On 09-30-2021, Jonathan Todd O’Shields (32) of Valley Head was arrested on the Charge of Electronic Solicitation of a Child. O’Shields was released on 10/01/2021 from the Dekalb County Jail on a $30,000 bond. Detectives with the Rainsville Police Department Investigations Division were working a case involving Electronic Solicitation of a Child. During that investigation…
The Rainsville First Responders, the Police and Fire department members, and the Mayor and Council members, placed a wreath at the First Responders Memorial, in remember of 9/11.
Press Release 8-11-2021 The Rainsville Police Department would like to deliver and update on the homicide that occurred on 8-6-2021. Jason Cardwell of Rainsville of has been charged with the murder of Ricky Wilks. Cardwell is currently being held at the Dekalb County Jail and has been set a $1 Million bond. Aspects of the…
Rainsville Police Department reports a homicide occurred on Friday night and several members of the Major Crimes unit worked non-stop to find out the circumstances of the crime. Chief Michael Edmondson and his staff received information that a body was left near a business in Rainsville. Officers responded and located the body of Rickey Don…
News release from Rainsville Police Department PRESS RELEASE JULY 15TH, 2021 On July 13th, 2021 the Rainsville Police Department, along with the Fort Payne Police Department, attached to the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office Major Crimes Unit, executed a buy-bust operation for illegal narcotics at the Mapco service station at the intersection of Main St….
FORT PAYNE, Ala. On Thursday, 6/17/2021 Dekalb County Major Crime Unit (comprising of Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office, DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, Fort Payne Police Department, Rainsville Police Department, and Geraldine Police Department) in conjunction with EMACC Human Trafficking and Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted a search warrant at 98 County Road 514 Rainsville,…
On June 2, 2021, the Rainsville police department arrested Malik Dino for the offense of soliciting of providing support for an act of terrorism. This arrest comes after a lengthy investigation which lead to the discovery of his involvement with a terroristic organization that he provided support to. The investigation is still on-going. Dino is…
PRESS RELEASE JUNE 3, 2021 On May 30th, 2021 officers arrested Charles Edward Jackson of Rainsville for 5 counts of unlawful possession of controlled substance, 3 counts of illegal possession of prescription drugs, unlawful possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and distribution of controlled substance. The Rainsville Police Department received information that Jackson was…
Rainsville Polce Department has arrested 26 people in the first 7 days of May, some of the most notable ones are as follows. Chief Edmondson wanted to reiterate that drug possession will not be tolerated in the city of Rainsville. And That he is very proud of the officers who have made so many arrests…
News Release from Rainsville Police Department On 4/22/2021 Detectives with the Rainsville Police Department received a tip from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency of possible child pornography possession at a residence on Lingerfelt Road in Rainsville. Dissemination of photos and other materials had been tracked back to the residence from as far off as California….
PRESS RELEASE 3-25-2021 The Rainsville police department has charged and arrested James Barlow Calfee of Landover, TN. with rape in the 1st degree. In October of 2018, a female victim reported to the Rainsville police department that she had been forcefully raped in the Rainsville city park by an unknown suspect. The victim was able…
News Release from the Rainsville Police Department, Friday, March 19, 2021 March 19, 2021 The Rainsville Police Department would like to congratulate Sgt. Luke Yarbrough on graduating the Huntsville Police Department Police K-9 Narcotics Scent Detection Academy and welcome K-9 Harley to the Rainsville Police Department. Sgt. Yarbrough and K-9 Harley has completed the 6…
News Release from Rainsville Police Department – March 15, 2021 On Thursday March 11 2020, Officers with Rainsville Police Department saturated the City of Rainsville in hopes to remove drugs and other illegal items from the streets. Officers visited residents inside the City Limits of Rainsville in which officers have received complaints of possible drug…
FORT PAYNE, Ala. – On Friday, February 26th, DeKalb County Sheriff Deputies and Sylvania Police Officers responded to a shooting at a residence on County Road 233 between Sylvania and Rainsville. Before officers arrived, the caller reported that the suspect had left the scene in a silver Chevrolet Corvette. Fort Payne Police Officers and deputies…
In an effort to clean up existing warrants, the Rainsville Police Department and Municipal Court will be conducting an amnesty month beginning Feb. 1st, 2021. If you have any outstanding warrants or owe any outstanding fines/costs that you are behind on, please contact the Court Clerk at 256-638-6334 or the Rainsville Police Department at 256-638-2157…
Press Release: Rainsville Polic Department 1-15-2021 On January 14th, 2021, Rainsville Officers responded to a call on McCurdy Ave. N. The victim stated that he had returned home for the first time in about 2 weeks and walked into his residence and found that an unknown white male was sitting in his living room nude….
News Release from Michael Edmondson, Rainsville Police Chief: “The Rainsville Police Department would like to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for providing training on Dec. 10th, 2020 to the Rainsville Police Department and surrounding agencies of Dekalb County. Agents Tony Montgomery, Scott Cockrum, and J.R.C. Smith dedicated their…
Press Release from Rainsville Police Department RAINSVILLE, Al. — Over the weekend, members of the Rainsville, Powell, and Sylvania police departments, along with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, held a safety checkpoint at the intersection of Carlyle Road and County Road 102. During the checkpoint, officers arrested David Christopher Havard of Sylvania and Samuel Malachi McMullins…
News Release from Rainsville Police Department November 17, 2020 “On 11/11/2020 Rainsville police department received a call to a residence on Hancock Drive about a possible armed robbery in progress with multiple people injured. Once on scene RPD officers made contact with the homeowner that advised that he was being robbed. With entry into the…
Rainsville Police Department News Release:From: Kevin R. Smith, Chief In the evening hours of 8 April 2020, Rainsville police department was dispatched to the Farmers Telephone substation on Everett road, that was burglarized. The suspect was caught on video and an image was given to Rainsville Police Department. The investigation began and led to a…
Mycah Swift, a teenager from Ider, Al., started “Shop with a Cop” two years ago, in DeKalb County. The “Shop with a Cop” program is to help children that otherwise would not be able to have Christmas. With the “Shop with a Cop” program, each child receives $100 and gets to go to Walmart, with…
Rainsville Police Chief Kevin Smith reminds everyone it’s time again for Coffee with a cop. This years event will be on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, from 5-6 pm, at McDonalds in Rainsville, Al. Chief Smith says, “Come by and lets have a discussion over some coffee.” Thank you and have a blessed day. Chief Kevin…
March 12, 2019 Around 11:08 AM 11 March 2019 Rainsville Police Department received a call from the First Southern State Bank, in Rainsville. They had a customer in the bank that was presenting a forged and stolen check in the amount of $3,900.00. Sgt. Nick Knopps was the first officer on scene and detained Marty…
