A Camden pedestrian was killed by a hit and run driver on Sunday morning.

The crash occurred at 2:30 a.m. on Alabama 28 near the 60.1 mile marker.  The victim, Earnest Lee Pettway, was hit and killed by an unknown vehicle which left the scene of the crash.

No additional information is available at this time.  State Troopers continue to investigate the incident.

Source:  Alabama State Troopers

Inmate William Keith Bivins, AIS# 221289, is considered an escapee from the Alabama Department of Corrections State Cattle Ranch in Greensboro.   All appropriate law enforcement agencies were notified at the time of the escape.

Bivins was reported missing after he could not be located during the 1 p.m. institutional count on Sunday.   A subsequent search of the facility produced negative results.  

Bivins is a black male, five feet, five inches tall, weighing 130 pounds with brown eyes, and black hair. His date of birth is October 4, 1978. 

Bivins is serving a 33 year sentence for robbery out of Houston County.  He has served more than ten years of his sentence with a minimum release date of January, 2035.

The Internal Revenue Service today warned senior citizens and other taxpayers to beware of an emerging federal tax refund scam tempting victims to file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds.

Bogus refund claims have been identified from Alabama and five other states: California, Georgia, Michigan, Louisiana and Indiana.

"This scam is similar to ones identified in Alabama last summer," said IRS spokesman Dan Boone. "We want to warn the public to be on guard and stop this new scheme before more innocent people are victimized.”

Promoters falsely claim they can obtain a tax refund or nonexistent stimulus payment for their victims based on the American Opportunity Tax Credit, even if the victim was not enrolled in or paying for college.