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Boaz police, FBI, and drug task force arrest suspect in coordinated operation
Law enforcement arrested a suspect in Boaz during a coordinated operation with the FBI and local agencies, confirming no ongoing public threat.
City law enforcement partnerships with federal crime-fighting agencies has drawn extra attention following Mayor Michael Taylor’s recent criticism of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies.
Federal authorities joined local police Monday in the search for a suspect in a weekend nightclub shooting in Cincinnati that wounded nine people. The nine were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after shots rang out around 1 a.
Police were called to the home for reports of "suspicious circumstances" by the property's landlord. They later handed the investigation over to FBI officials, who have been at the home since Monday.
Critics worry that local police departments' rules that limit communication with federal immigration authorities pose a potential security risk.