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MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED

On 10/01/2022, Opelika Police Detectives began investigating the murder of 24-year-old Ker’detrius Mercer. During the investigation, 22-year-old Reginald Lamar Hooks was developed as a suspect. On 10/03/2022 at approximately 9:50 a.m., Opelika P...

MURDER INVESTIGATION

On 10/01/2022 at approximately 3:00 a.m., Opelika Police responded to Hickory Haven Trailer Park in the 800 Block of Crawford Road, where they located a male victim with a gunshot wound lying in the roadway. 24-year-old Ker’detrius Mercer of Sal...

MISSING PERSON RACHAEL WHALEY

The Opelika Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating a missing Opelika woman. 35-year-old Rachael Whaley was last seen on 09/16/2022, wearing a pink outfit at the Western Sizzlin, located at 920 Columbus Parkway. At approximat...

ATTEMPTED MURDER ARREST

On 09/24/2022 at approximately 11:42 a.m., Opelika dispatch received multiple calls regarding gunshots and possible victims in the area of 16th Place and Pepperell Parkway. Responding officers located two 19-year-old victims who had been transported to th...

MURDER INVESTIGATION

On 09/17/2022 at approximately 8:10 p.m., Opelika Police Officers responded to a shooting at the intersection of Fruitland Avenue and Auburn Street. Upon arrival, officers located 53-year-old Jeffrey Dowdell of Opelika, AL, suffering from a gunshot wound....

REGINALD SWINT ARREST

On 09/22/2022, Opelika Police Detectives conducted a search warrant in the 1000 Block of Lake Street in reference to illegal drug activity. 34-year-old Reginald Swint was arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Marijua...

JUVENILE ARREST

On 09/20/2022, the Opelika Police Department Detective Division began investigating a threat to Opelika Middle School that had been posted on social media. The next day, 09/21/2022, law enforcement was made aware of a second threat that was also posted on...

FORMER OFFICER INDICTMENT

On 09/02/2022, a Lee County Grand Jury indicted former Opelika Police Officer Isaac Dominy on one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault. 

On 04/21/2022, Opelika Police Department Patrol Supervisors were made aware of a use of force incident in...

SOUTH 4TH STREET SHOOTING

On 09/18/2022 at approximately 3:04 a.m., Opelika Police responded to South 4th Street in regards to a shooting. Upon arrival, Officers located a male victim with a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital in Columb...

AUBURN STREET SHOOTING

On 09/17/2022 at approximately 8:10 p.m., Opelika Dispatch received calls of an assault with injuries in the area of Auburn Street and Fruitland Ave. Upon arrival, Officers located a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was pron...

SHOOTING ARRESTS

On 09/15/2022 at approximately 3:00 p.m., Opelika Dispatch received calls regarding a juvenile who had been shot in the area of Chester Avenue and Easy Street. Upon arrival, officers located a 17-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim wa...

COLORVISION BURGLARY

On 09/06/2022, at approximately 5:09 a.m. the Opelika Police Department responded to a burglary at Colorvision Rent to Own & Pawn, located at 3412 Pepperell Parkway. Upon arrival, officers discovered the front of the business had been damaged by a veh...

COLD CASE ARRESTS

The Opelika Police Department has arrested two individuals related to an unsolved homicide from 2000. On 04/23/2000, the Opelika Police Department and rescue personnel responded to a call of an unresponsive 4-month-old child in the 400 Block of Raintree S...

ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY TARGET THEFT SUSPECT

On 08/09/2022, the Opelika Police Department began investigating a Theft of Property, Third Degree, which occurred at 2640 Enterprise Drive, Target. Surveillance video shows the victim leaving their shopping cart, containing their wallet and other items, ...

DOWNTOWN STRUCTURE FIRE

On 07/21/2022 at approximately 1:05 a.m, Opelika Police and Fire responded to a call of heavy smoke in the area of South Railroad Avenue. Upon arrival, Opelika firefighters determined the source of the smoke was a structure fire inside Maffia’s ...

CRASH INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS

On 07/11/2022 at approximately 3:37 p.m. Opelika Police and Fire responded to a vehicle crash involving pedestrians on Marvyn Parkway near Gateway Drive. Upon arrival, first responders located two individuals who appeared to have been struck by a vehicle....

ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THEFT SUSPECTS

On 07/04/2022, the Opelika Police Department began investigating a Theft of Property, Third Degree, which occurred at Kroger, located at 2460 Enterprise Drive. At approximately 11:30 a.m. two white females entered the store and proceeded to remove the vic...

JUVENILE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY

At approximately 1:58 p.m. on 07/08/2022, the Opelika Police Department received calls of shots fired in the area of Avenue A near South 4th Street. Responding officers encountered a vehicle described by a witness as the suspect vehicle and attempted to m...

ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY SALON CENTRIC SUSPECT

The Opelika Police Department is investigating a Theft of Property, Third Degree, which occurred on 06/17/2022 at Salon Centric, located at 3768 Pepperell Parkway. Surveillance video shows the suspect, a black male, enter the store at approximately 2:03 p...

PEDESTRIAN FATALITY

On 06/22/2022 at approximately 4:08 p.m., Opelika Dispatch received multiple calls regarding a single vehicle crash involving a pedestrian in the 2900 Block of Pepperell Parkway. Arriving officers located a 59-year-old female laying in the roadway sufferi...

ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY ULTA THEFT SUSPECT

The Opelika Police Department is investigating a Theft of Property, Third Degree, which occurred on 05/20/2022 at Ulta Cosmetics, located at 2690 Enterprise Drive. Surveillance video shows the suspect, a white male with short brown hair and several tattoo...

ROBBERY SUSPECT ARREST

On 06/10/2022 at approximately 8:00 a.m., the Opelika Police Department and the Lee County SWAT Team executed a search warrant in the 2800 Block of Lee Road 188 in Loachapoka, AL. A 16-year-old juvenile was arrested on two counts of Robbery, Firs...

ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY ROBBERY SUSPECTS

On 06/03/2022, the Opelika Police Department began investigating a report of a robbery which occurred at Big Cat, located at 3700 Pepperell Parkway. Over the next 5 days, three more robberies were reported at residences in the area. The incidents involved...