Montgomery Advertiser - Tue Sep 29

ASHLAND - A man who was shot and killed after cutting off the hand of an east Alabama deputy sheriff during an arrest is being described as a minister who started a church and sang gospel music with his family.

Alabama Live - Mon Sep 28

The Curtis Watts that James Crawford knew wasn't the sort of a man who would cut off a Clay County deputy's hand.

WSFA-TV Montgomery - Mon Sep 28

A Clay County deputy is slowly trying to regain the use of his hand, after it was chopped off by an axe over the weekend.