NEWS RELEASE
HUNTSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
815 Wheeler Ave.
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
Rex Reynolds Wendell Johnson
Chief of Police Public Affairs Administrator
(256) 427-7001 (256) 427-7043
Special Operations North Precinct West Precinct South Precinct
(256) 427-7157 (256) 746-4111 (256) 427-5461 (256) 213-4503
Huntsville Police Arrest Three in Stabbing Death
Huntsville, Alabama (January 4, 2007) Investigators with the Huntsville Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit have charged 3 individuals with the murder of Andrew Lacy. Lacy was found stabbed to death in a vehicle on Chasewood New Years Eve.
Police spokesman Wendell Johnson said there are indications the murder was drug related, however, the case remains under investigation and Major Crimes could not provide further details. The following individuals were booked into the Madison County Metro Jail last night and charged with Murder. Warrants will be obtained and bail should be set later today.
1.
Twenty-year-old
Ryan Renaldo Mitchell, of 1506-C Medland Road
2.
Twenty-four-year-old
Jerome Payne, of 3119 Leftwich Street
3.
Eighteen-year-old
Cassandra Vantrice Ford, of 135 Castleridge Drive, New Market