User:Magnoliasouth/draft Stephen Nodine

Stephen Daniel Nodine, more often referred to as Steve Nodine, is a political figure of Mobile County, Alabama.

Controversy
On the 14th of May, 2010, Nodine was arrested on drug charges stemming from an incident dating back to December 23, of the previous year, where marijuana was found in his truck. According to local authorities, he is also the only suspect in the murder of his mistress, Angel Downs, whose body was discovered only hours after witnesses say Nodine's county-issued pick-up truck was seen.

On the same day as his arrest, a grand jury brought impeachment charges against him as well.

Timeline of events
23 December 2009
 * Mobile County Sheriff, Sam Cochran, announces that marijuana was found in Steve Nodine's county issued vehicle, which had been left at the motor pool for maintenance.

28 December 2009
 * The Nodine marijuana case is turned over the the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. Sheriff Cochran cites political bias as one reason.

9 May 2010
 * The body of Angel Downs, a 45-year-old Gulf Shores real estate broker and Nodine's mistress, is found with a gunshot wound to the head, just outside her condo.

11 May 2010
 * Nodine checks himself into Mobile Infirmary Hospital.
 * Investigators confirm that Downs would not have committed suicide.

14 May 2010
 * Kimberlee R. Nodine, Nodine's wife, files for divorce. She seeks custody of their son, Christopher Stephen Nodine. They were married in 18 Feb 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia.
 * Steve Nodine is named by Baldwin County, Alabama District Attorney, Judy Newcomb, as the only suspect in the Downs murder case.

18 May 2010
 * The impeachment trial date is set for 8 June 2010.

19 May 2010
 * Results of search warrants, issued by Baldwin County, Alabama, are released. Stains found on the exterior of the truck were consistent with blood and two spent .40 caliber bullets were found in the bed of the truck.