A burgeoning scandal in rural Alabama, not too far from me (down the road a fahr piece, as they say).
Roberts was found guilty of criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. Alston was convicted of criminal trespassing and interfering with governmental operations.
It’s an incredible story. The video is amazing. Notice the have-a-heart trap in the video. These women were trapping stray cats to bring them to a shelter to have them spayed/neutered. The “feeding” was because that’s how they lured them into the traps. They’ve been doing it for months, if not years.
They were also vocal critics of the small-town mayor. When put on the stand, the cops were evasive about the claim that the mayor personally ordered them arrested for feeding the cats. “It came from the mayor’s office.”
Love the small-town politics.
Here’s a good opinion piece on it:
The town at one point was featured in a TLC home renovation show:
According to locals, that whole thing was corrupt as hell as well. One of the renovated properties was the mayor’s “barber shop,” which he hadn’t used as a place of business for years but nonetheless was renovated.
