BY JEREMY WISEjwise@dothaneagle.com

In an attempt to lowereuthanasia rates, the cityof Dothan has created apartnership with PetSmartto use store space foradoptions.

The Dothan City Com-mission approved theagreement, which comes

at no cost to the city, dur-ing a Tuesday meeting.Dothan police Chief SteveParrish said the city hasentered into this partner-ship before, but the con-tract lapsed at some point.

The local PetSmart — inthe Shops on the Circleretail subdivision — pro-vides greater visibility forsome of the animals theDothan Animal Shelteroversees, Parrish said.

“A lot of people go thereto adopt animals,” he said.

“It’s a great program.”In other actions, the

commission:» Approved the rezon-

ing of land located west ofMurphy Mill Landing fromA-C (agricultural-conser-vation) to R-2 (residentialsingle-family, mediumdensity) by a 5-1 vote.District 1 CommissionerKevin Dorsey dissented;District 6 CommissionerDavid Crutchfield did notattend the meeting.

» Approved the rezoning

of property owned by theBoys & Girls Club of theWiregrass at 435 S. Alice St.from L-I (light industrial)to B-2 (highway commer-cial).

» Approved a restaurantretail liquor license (onpremise) for Fire StoneWood Fired Pizza and Grillat 250 S. Oates St. and ap-proved a special retaillicense — more than 30days (on or off premise) for

State approves landfill addition permitBY JEREMY WISE

jwise@dothaneagle.com

Perhaps the third time’sa charm for the city of Do-than for its landfill expan-sion.

The Alabama Depart-ment of EnvironmentalManagement published

a letter Monday notifyingit had approved Dothan’spermit to continue landfilloperations and a modifi-cation that allows the cityto expand the facility to522.19 acres.

This is at least the thirdtime the department hasgranted the city’s applica-

tion for an expansion, butthe others encountered avariety of legal challenges— leading to a cancella-tion by the agency the firsttime and another at thecity’s request.

City officials have beenplanning a landfill expan-sion for most of the de-

cade, initiating the pur-chase of extra land forthe project in 2012. Thecurrent landfill has beenclosed since May 2014 dueto capacity concerns.

Since then, the city hastransported its garbage toa transfer station, whereWaste Away Group has

carried it to a landfill inCampbellton, Florida. Thecontract with Waste Awayhas cost the city between$70,000 and $80,000 permonth for most of the deal,but the costs recently haveapproached $1 million peryear, said Dothan PublicWorks Director Charles

Metzger.The Department of Envi-

ronmental Management’sdecision allows city offi-cials to move forward withconstruction, though, civilappeals can still be filed.Metzger said his office will

City to use PetSmart to arrange adoptions

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President Donald Trump speaks to supporters Wednesday at a campaign rally at Aaron Bessant Amphitheater in Panama City Beach, Florida. Morephotos from the rally can be found in the photo gallery section at dothaneagle.com.

Judge finds Jacksoncompetent to be tried

BY MICHELE W. FOREHANDmwatson@dothaneagle.com

A judge found a Dothanman accused in the 2018slaying of his girlfriend iscompetent to stand trial.

Antonio Perez Jackson,35, is charged in the deathof Brandy Lee Mancil, 36,who was found beaten todeath on May 24, 2018.

The court issued an

order forJackson toparticipatein a psy-chologicale x a m i n a -tion onDec. 14,2018.

On May 3, Circuit JudgeLarry Anderson ruled

Pharmaschemeleads tocharges

From staff reports

A Troy woman and aMarianna, Florida, womanface multiple charges in alarge health care and mailfraud scheme involving anAlabama-based pharma-ceutical company.

The U.S. Attorney’s Of-fice for the Northern Dis-trict of Alabama in Bir-mingham announced thecharges this week, whichstem from a multistate in-vestigation. Officials allegethe owners and severalemployees of Haleyville-based Northside Pharmacy(doing business as GlobalCompounding Pharmacy)bilked insurance compa-nies and governmentalprograms of more than $50million through a variety ofmethods.

The charges range fromhealth care and mail fraudand related conspiracycharges to aggravatedidentity theft.

Lori Dawn Edenfield, 45,a nurse practitioner in theFlorida Panhandle, facesthe second-largest numberof charges at 32, while LisaHolmes, 40, of Troy faces12 counts.

Holmes served as a dis-trict supervisor of salesrepresentatives for Global.

The U.S. Attorney Gen-

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.— President Donald Trumppromised a swift infusion offederal aid to the Florida Pan-handle seven months after

the devastating Hurricane Mi-chael as he rallied supportersWednesday for his re-election.

Trump addressed a crowd ofthousands at an outdoor am-phitheater, looking to rally loy-alists in the reliably Republican

corner of the swing state as hekicks his 2020 efforts into highgear. Federal emergency fundsto the area hit by the Category 5hurricane and elsewhere havebeen caught up in a Washing-ton standoff over Trump’s op-

position to more hurricane aidfor Puerto Rico.

“You’re getting your moneyone way or another,” Trumppromised supporters in Pana-

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» Jared Michael Manuel,36, two counts of third-degree burglary, one countof second-degree burglary,four counts of fraudulentuse of credit/debit card.

» Chad Elliott Watson,35, failure to appear incourt on a charge offirst-degree possessionof a forged instrument,probation violation onfour counts of first-degreepossession of a forgedinstrument.

» Johnny Ray Whatley,46, first-degree theft ofproperty.

» Johnathon TylerJoyner, 25, receiving stolenproperty.

» Steven LaNicholasGordon, 25, unlawfulbreaking and entering avehicle, using false identityto avoid arrest/hinder.

» Michael LashunGoolsby, 45, chemicalendangerment of a child.

» Patience Chante CieraCochran, 26, from countychemical endangermentof a child, failure to appearin court on a charge ofthird-degree burglary,possession of a controlledsubstance.

May 4

» Victoria AnnetteGoodson, 27, failureto appear in court ona charge of unlawfulpossession of a controlledsubstance, failure to

appear in court on acharge of second-degreepossession of a forgedinstrument.

May 6

» Haley Lynn Pace, 23,two counts of unlawfulpossession of a controlledsubstance.

» Kevin Lee Monkman,29, second-degreeaggravated assault-policeofficer-strong arm.

» Mikal KennethManning, 32, unlawfulmanufacturing acontrolled substance.

» Kevin Reshad Turner,31, first-degree burglaryresidence-force.

» Deanna Lee Stidham,35, identity theft.

» Patrick ThomasKervin, 30, two countsof probation violationon a charge of unlawfulpossession of a controlledsubstance.

» Christopher DaleGarner, 34, two counts ofsecond-degree assault,failure to appear in courton a charge of first-degree assault, fugitivewarrant through theAlabama Department ofCorrections.

» Jaquan RaheemCoring, 21, failure toappear in court on twocounts of first-degreerobbery.

» Blake Levoy Dooling,25, failure to appear incourt on six counts ofbreaking and entering avehicle, failure to appear incourt on a charge of first-degree theft of property,failure to appear in courton a charge of third-degreeburglary, failure to appearin court on eight countsof fraudulent use of acredit card, three counts ofchemical endangerment ofa child.

» Mario SherronCalhoun, 29, second-degree forgery, second-degree theft of property,probation violation on acharge of first-degree theftof property, probationviolation on a chargeof second-degree theftof property, probationviolation on a charge ofillegal possession of acredit/debit card.

» Amanda Lynn Benton,25, failure to appear incourt on a charge ofthird-degree burglary,three counts of chemical

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» Jeffrey Mcleod,50, possession of

methamphetamine.» Alexander Oneal

Hardy, 28, failure to appearin court on 13 countsof first-degree theft of

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Court reschedulesmanslaughter trialBY MICHELE W. FOREHAND

mwatson@dothaneagle.com

A manslaughter trialoriginally set for March asbeen rescheduled to Aug. 5for a Dothan man chargedwith shooting his teenagefriend.

Fisher Corbin Shipes, 20,was arrested May 21, 2018,in the fatal shooting ofChristian Mullins, 19.

Shipes is out on bond.A Houston County

grand jury indicted Shipes

late last year, after whichhis attorney filed an ap-plication tohave Shipesdesignateda youthfulo f f e n d e rin Novem-ber. Hous-ton CountyJudge ToddDerrick denied the appli-cation.

Police responded shortlybefore 7 p.m. May 21, 2018,to a report of a firearm as-

sault in the 2100 block ofBaker Trace and foundMullins with a shotgunwound. It was first report-ed that Mullins was shotby an unknown assailant.According to police, Shipesfired a shotgun at Mull-ins from across the room,striking the victim in theabdomen. Police have de-termined alcohol was in-volved.

Dothan police Investiga-tor Curtis Stephens pre-viously told the Dothan

Eagle that several peoplein the home were lookingat the firearm before theshooting.

“Several of the teenagerswere looking at the gun,but everyone decided toleave the area but Fisher,”Stephens said. “Fisherwent back to the areawhere the other teenagerswere located carrying thefirearm.”

Stephens said Shipes be-lieved he had properly un-loaded the shotgun; how-

ever, he was not familiarwith that type of shotgun,and it was still loaded.Fisher fired the shotgunfrom across the room.

Mullins was transport-ed by ambulance to theSoutheast Alabama Medi-cal Center, where he laterdied.

According to the Codeof Alabama Section 13A-6-3, a person commits thecrime of manslaughter ifhe “recklessly caused thedeath of another person”

or “under circumstancesmanifesting extreme indif-ference to human life, heor she recklessly engagesin conduct which createsa grave risk of death andthereby causes the deathexcept that he caused thedeath to sudden heat ofpassion caused by provo-cation and before a rea-sonable time for the pas-sion to cool.”

The Class B felony carriesa possible prison sentenceof two to 20 years.

Shipes

consult with the new citymanager, Kevin Cowper,Mayor Mark Saliba andDothan commissionersabout when to proceedwith construction.

“It’s good to at least beat a point where we canmake a decision (regardingthat),” Saliba said. “We’llget together and come up

with a plan.”If city leaders give their

approval soon, the PublicWorks Department couldlet bids for the project in

June and open the bids inJuly, Metzger said. Thatwould allow constructionto begin in August or Sep-tember.

“We’re excited about thepermit and trying to moveforward,” Metzger said,adding his departmentprojects the expansion willcost about $2.5 million.

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Dothan’s city landfill reached capacity several years ago. This week, the Alabama Department of Environmental Managementapproved a plan to expand the landfill at its current location.

LandfillFrom Page 1A

If city leaders give their approval soon, the PublicWorks Department could let bids for the project inJune and open the bids in July,

eral’s Office said Globalused a multiprongedscheme to bill health in-surance plans and pre-scription plan admin-istrators for more than$200 million — of whichit collected more than$50 million. The schemeincluded:

» Paying prescribers toissue prescriptions.

» Directing employeesto obtain unnecessaryprescriptions for them-selves and loved ones.

» Altering prescriptionsto include controlledsubstances such as Ket-amine and Tramadol.

» Automatically refillingprescriptions despite pa-tient need.

» Billing for drugs with-out patient knowledge.

The scheme targetedBlue Cross/Blue Shieldof Alabama and govern-mental health insuranceprograms like Medicare,TRICARE and Depart-ment of Veterans Affairsplans, among others.

The charges are con-nected to 18 earlier ar-rests that have resulted in18 plea agreements.

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that, based on the mentalcompetency report datedMarch 2, the defendant iscompetent to stand trial.The mental evaluationreport also stated Jack-son was competent at thetime of Mancil’s death.

No trial date has beenset at this time.

Officers responded tothe 1200 block of BurbankStreet on May 24, 2018,in response to a medicalemergency. They foundMancil in the residencesuffering from life-threat-

ening injuries, accordingto police. Emergency per-sonnel took her to Flow-ers Hospital, where shewas pronounced dead.

In 2006, Jackson plead-ed guilty to third-degreedomestic violence stem-ming from an incident inwhich he grabbed Mancilby her throat and chokedher. He received proba-tion in the case and wasordered to serve time inthe local community cor-rections program.

He was charged withthird-degree escape in2008. That charge wasdismissed after he com-pleted a pretrial diversionprogram.

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