Flint, Mobile Councilmen Enter Contrasting Pleas

Outgoing Flint City Councilman Leon El-Alamin pleaded guilty to an election-law false-swearing charge and no contest to domestic violence and assault with intent to do great bodily harm, resolving cases tied to his 2024 council candidacy and an alleged 2025 assault. He is expected to be released on a GPS tether and faces sentencing in January 2027, with probation and no additional jail time anticipated under a reported plea agreement. In a separate case, former Mobile City Councilman William Carroll pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of making terrorist threats over alleged threats at a Hooters restaurant. Employees said they feared for their safety; Carroll’s bench trial is scheduled for Jan. 14.