This gets tiresome -- another Republicant, proclaiming his "conservative, Christian family values" indicted for murder -- after his divorce and indictment on drug charges. Well, at least he isn't gay -- or is he??
Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names
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A Republican commissioner in Mobile County is the only suspect in an
investigation surrounding the death of a 45-year-old real-estate
agent.
Angel Downs was shot and killed outside her Gulf Shores, Alabama, home
on May 9. Authorities say Commissioner Stephen Nodine was romantically
linked to Downs, and the case is being treated as a homicide.
Results of the investigation will be presented to a Baldwin County
grand jury on May 24.
Nodine's biography on the Mobile County Commission Web page touts his
conservative values.
http://www.mobilecountyal.gov/Default.asp?ID=149&pg=Stephen+Nodine
The Mobile Press-Register reports that Nodine is married with one son,
and his wife filed a divorce petition in February 2010.
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/stephen_nodine_and_wife_sign_o.html
A county commissioner since 2004, Nodine has a growing list of legal
entanglements. A grand jury last week delivered a bill of impeachment
and indicted him on drug charges.
How close were Nodine and Downs. The Mobile Press-Register reports
that the two shared more than 500 phone calls and voice messages in
the past month.
A Mobile television station is reporting that investigators found
blood stains on the door of Nodine's truck, with two shell casings in
the bed.
Officials have declined to describe the gun that fired the fatal
shots. A search of Downs' home yielded substantial evidence in the
murder case.
A lawyer says Nodine was "a basket case" when he visited with the
commissioner on the morning of May 10, just hours of Downs' shooting
death.
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