Colbert County's most wanted

Sheffield police said the search for a Florence man who held a machete to the throat of a local woman during a robbery is intensifying.

"We have active arrest warrants, and we're doing all we can to get this man in custody," Capt. Scott Wallace said.

Angelo Levon Thompson, 20, and his younger brother, Clifford Thompson, 17, of Carver Heights, Florence, are accused of breaking into a residence Nov. 5 and robbing and threatening the woman.

Wallace said although the suspects had their faces covered, the woman was able to identify them, and warrants for first-degree robbery were issued. Clifford Thompson turned himself in.

The hunt continues for his older brother.

Wallace said Angelo Thompson is the person accused of holding the machete to the woman's throat and threatening to "cut her head off" if she moved as she was being robbed.

Wallace said the last known address for Angelo Thompson was an apartment in Carver Heights on West Mobile Street in Florence, where he was staying with a girlfriend.

U.S. marshals have gotten involved in the manhunt.

"We want him in custody. We want him off the street before something else happens," Wallace said.

Angelo Thompson heads the list of Colbert County's most wanted.

That list includes individuals wanted for a variety of offenses ranging from large outstanding fines to receiving stolen property to drug charges to forgery.

Because Angelo Thompson is accused of a crime with violent tendencies, police said he should be considered dangerous.

Wallace said the machete that the victim said Angelo Thompson held to her throat was found in some bushes a short distance from the residence on East Ninth Street where the robbery took place.

"We're going to keep looking for him until he is off the streets and in jail," Wallace said. "We're asking for the public's help in trying to locate this man and help us get him into custody."

Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan said his department has been looking for Marcus Dewayne Pride for some time.

Pride, 29, who was last known to live at Spring Creek Apartments, A4, Tuscumbia, owes the city of Tuscumbia $6,250 in outstanding fines.

"Those range from (driving under the influence) to just routine traffic citations, but he refuses to come in and pay anything," Sgt. Stuart Setliff said.

"This is $6,000-plus that the city could use and it's due to the city," Logan said. "What Pride is doing is no different than if he had stolen the money, because he is stealing it from the city by not paying it."

Logan said countless efforts have been made to find Pride.

"The problem is, the address we have is one he used to live at. When they move from place to place, it's hard to track them without the help of the public," Logan said. "We can't be everywhere, but the people in the community can be our biggest asset and help us locate these individuals."

Anyone with information about any of Colbert County's most wanted is asked to contact their local law enforcement agency or CrimeStoppers at 386-8685.

Tom Smith can be reached at 740-5757 or tom.smith@TimesDaily.com.