Homicide Investigation
The Birmingham Police Department reports that detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in the 5900 Block of Court M.
The victim has been identified as:
Mason Jeremiah Hayes, B/M, 2, of Birmingham, Alabama
On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 around 3:57 p.m., West Precinct officers were dispatched to Children’s hospital on an injured child. Officers were informed by the boyfriend of the victim’s mother that the victim fell off the bed and hit his head. The victim was first taken to Princeton Hospital and then transported to Children’s hospital. Later that evening around 8 p.m., the department was informed by the medical staff at Children’s Hospital that the victim had succumbed to his injury during surgery. Detectives are investigating the death as a homicide.
If there is anyone who has information pertaining to the case, they are encouraged to contact the B.P.D. Homicide Unit at 254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 254-7777.
Hit and Run
Investigators need your assistance. A hit and run accident that took place on Friday, December 19, 2014 around 11:10p.m. on 5th Ave. South and 23rd Street South. The victim, Paula Smalley, suffered serious injuries. Investigators believe the mirror left at the scene belongs to a dark colored 1996-2000 Saturn SL. Investigators believe someone saw this vehicle that night and if anyone has any information regarding this incident please contact Officer Gibson at 254-6555. The victim was released this Friday and is now home beginning her long road to recovering.
AG Strange, DA Green Announce Conviction of Hueytown Man for Violent Sex Crimes in 2009 Cold Case
MONTGOMERY– Attorney General Luther Strange and District Attorney Arthur Green Jr. of the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County announced the conviction of a Hueytown man for violent sex crimes in a cold case. Following a five-day trial in the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County Circuit Court, a jury found that Jason Lee Campbell was guilty of attempted murder, first-degree rape, sodomy and kidnapping, and third-degree robbery.
Evidence was presented regarding the November 2009 attack of a 40-year-old woman in the 200 block of Eureka Place in Hueytown. Jason Campbell’s brother, David Wesley Campbell, was convicted on September 17, 2014, for the same crimes. On the third day of his trial in Jefferson County Circuit Court, David Campbell pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree robbery and attempted murder. David Campbell was sentenced to serve life in prison for each of the crimes, to run concurrently.
Sentencing for Jason Campbell is set for March 19. Due to prior convictions, he faces penalties of life imprisonment or life without parole for the convictions of attempted murder, rape, sodomy and kidnapping; and 15 years to life imprisonment for the conviction of third-degree robbery.
Both brothers were indicted for the crimes on January 29, 2013, by a Jefferson County grand jury. Notice of the indictments was served on the defendants at the Jefferson County Jail on March 4, 2013, where they have been incarcerated. The Campbell brothers were formerly charged for these crimes by warrant in the Bessemer Division of the Jefferson County Circuit Court.
The charges against the Campbells are a result of an investigation by the Attorney General’s Cold Case Unit. The Cold Case Unit is operated within the Attorney General’s Office, in partnership with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, to investigate violent sexual crimes that previously had been closed due to lack of investigative leads. This program is funded by a grant from the U.S Department of Justice.
“I am pleased that, with this conviction, we deliver a measure of justice for the victim of these horrendous crimes,” said Attorney General Strange. “I am proud of what our Cold Case Unit has been able to achieve, working together with other law enforcement.”
Attorney General Strange commended the Attorney General’s Cold Case Unit and others involved in handling this case, noting in particular District Attorney Arthur Green Jr., Assistant District Attorney David Michaels and the Bessemer Division District Attorney’s Office for Jefferson County; St. Clair County Sheriff Terry Surles and his Investigative Unit; and Hueytown Police Chief Charles Hagler and his Detective Division for their excellent work in this case.
