Alabaster man charged with dealing crack
Published 2:01 pm Tuesday, February 6, 2018
COLUMBIANA – An Alabaster man was recently put behind bars by the Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force on two drug-related charges.
Adam Lavelle Dowdell, 45, who lists an address on Second Avenue Northeast, was booked into the Shelby County Jail on two charges of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance on Friday, Feb. 2. Dowdell’s arrest warrants allege that he sold crack cocaine from his residence on Jan. 31, 2017, and again on Feb. 9, 2017.
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Dowdell
Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance is a Class B felony, which could be penalized by up to 20 years in prison.
During the day of his arrest, Dowdell was released from jail on bonds totaling $20,000. Dowdell’s case was assigned to Shelby County District Court Judge Daniel A. Crowson Jr., and he is set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on March 14.