Mobile County Sheriff Criticizes Prichard Police in Robbery Case

Fri, April 5th 2024 at 8:35 AMMOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — "There is no reason this guy should be on the street. If Prichard would have done their job in 23 and the beginning of 2024, he'd be in jail or in prison. And the victim of this robbery would not have been shot by Norwood." It was a startling statement from Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch in reference to the case of Rashad Norwood.

The 30 year old Norwood is accused of Tuesday night's robbery and shooting of the owner of T&J food mart in Prichard. Thursday, Sheriff Burch told NBC 15 News his department has taken over the case, by doing something Prichard had yet to do- sign warrants for Norwood’s arrest. "No use trying to sugar coat it, Prichard Police failed to do their job,” says Burch. “So my responsibility as the sheriff is to seek justice in this case. You know, a store owner, you know, robbed and shot for no reason and nothing is being done about i

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