Commissioner was not guilty in criminal transaction – Valley Times -News

Commissioner James Williams was not found guilty on February 24 by the new district judge of Chambers County, the new district judge of Chambers County. The indictment against Williams, which the landowner Brandon Clifton was raised, did not become a criminal.

Williams was represented by Charles Hall. Conscious testimony was taken and the court was not guilty after consideration.

The first arrest was a reaction to Clifton's report on an incident of March 11, 2024. According to Clifton, Williams, as an employee of the Alabama Forestry Commission, cut a fire line on a nearby property when he passed to Clifton's country.

In a bulldozer, William's “about 150 feet long and 50 feet wide, which decrease on 2 feet”, according to the arrest report.

Clifton informed the Valley Times-News at the time of the arrest that the main reason for the indictment was that a survey that was marked by its real estate line was damaged, which was estimated at $ 5,000 to replace.

The VT-N previously reported that Clifton was waiting for three hours in the Sheriff office that the arrest warrant was signed. However, he was informed that the problem was civil and not criminal. From there he went to the office of the DA. The arrest warrant was finally signed by the deputy chief Mike Parrish.

“I think it was just a misunderstanding between me and Mr. Clifton,” said Williams after the acquittal for VT-N.

“He got away to destroy my property, and there is no consequences unless I plan to take civil law measures,” said Clifton after the acquittal on VT-N. “It is a sad day in Chambers County, on which a chosen civil servant can damage the property of a person and basically get out of an unscathed manner without being able to hire a lawyer and take civil measures.”

Clifton said he had laid a licensed surveyor with the state of Alabama to prove that Williams went through his property and damaged his owner before receiving charges.

According to Clifton, although Williams explained to court that it was possible, he could have crossed Clifton's country, the court argued that it was more of a civilian matter than criminal.

Whether clift tone wants to take civil law measures, he said: “We just have to stay tuned and see where to go.”

Clifton was involved in an ongoing dispute with the commissioners because of a property bought in the Buffalo community. The group spoke in commission meetings and requested a federal government that would state the Commission's intention to provide the country, in particular that it is not transformed into a landfill.

As chairman of the Commission, Williams was not to sign the federal government when the Commission agreed.