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TROY, Alabama — Troy police recently charged 27-year-old Quentin Montez Richardson after he was accused of throwing a full can of beer at his 3-year-old daughter, striking her in the face, the Dothan Eagle reports.

According to records cited by the Dothan Eagle, Richardson was involved in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend when he thew the full 16-ounce can of Natural Ice beer, leading to the felony second-degree domestic violence charge.

In other police, court and crime news across Alabama:

Sipsey man found dead on Highway 78: The body of a Sipsey man, 44-year-old George Clinton Webb, was discovered Tuesday night on the shoulder of Highway 78, less than a mile from the Warrior River, the Daily Mountain Eagle reports. Walker County Sheriff John Mark Tirey told the Daily Mountain Eagle the cause of death was not readily apparent, though there was no evidence of violence or trauma.

Man stopped with Mustang equipped like police car: Alabama State Troopers on Thursday arrested an unidentified Geneva County man on a gun charge Thursday during a traffic stop along Alabama 167 South in which they found the man to be driving a privately owned silver Mustang equipped like a police car, the Dothan Eagle reports. The trooper who pulled over the 21-year-old Hartford man found the Mustang to have front and back blue lights, radar, a handgun, handcuffs, police-type flashlight and a computer. Geneva County District Attorney Kirke Adams asks anyone who may have been stopped by the vehicle to contact his office at (334) 684-3697.

Jasper double shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 seriously injured: A double shooting just after 3 a.m. near R.J.’s convenience store in west Jasper early Wednesday morning left one man dead and another seriously injured, the Daily Mountain Eagle reports. The names of the victims, both young adults, were not released, and the seriously injured victim was airlifted to a Birmingham hospital.

DeKalb County man hides in closet when pot plants spotted from air: After a marijuana eradication team pilot spotted the illegal plants growing on his property, 50-year-old Eddie Lee Plunk was arrested after he was found hiding in a bedroom closet, according to a news release from DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris. The Gadsden Times reports that a search warrant had to be obtained when Plunk refused to come outside.

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