Larry Denzel Rollins Jr. says he is innocent of that homicide, another he was acquitted of and the slaying of a firefighter -- a case in which he is not charged.
The attorney for one of four men charged with capital murder in the fatal robbery of a 32-year-old man less than 24 hours after a Birmingham mass shooting said his client maintains his innocence and is seeking to be released from jail on bond.Also charged in McIntyre’s slaying are Ny’Quan Cordae Lollar, 22, Demarco Nakia Beck Jr., 29, and Damien McDaniel, a 22-year-old Fairfield man
The attorney said Rollins was employed until his arrest earlier this week. He said Rollins is not a flight risk or a danger to the community and is asking that bond be set no higher than $100,000 on each of his charges for capital murder and trafficking heroin. Birmingham police investigate a deadly shooting that happened Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in the 700 block of 81st Place South.Rollins in April was found not guilty in the May 2, 2021 killing of 27-year-old Hoover father Eric Tyler Sledge Jr.Sledge was found unresponsive in the middle of the roadway. He was taken to UAB Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Melton was gunned down last year in a targeted shooting at Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service’s Station 9.Jefferson County Deputy District Attorney Shawn Allen, left, and defense attorney John Lentine, right, appear before District Judge Maria Fortunate in the capital murder case against Larry Denzel Rollins.“Mr. Rollins has always maintained his innocence of what he was acquitted of before, and for the charges now,’’ Lentine said.
“He’s been demonized for things he hasn’t even shown to be guilty of at this point,’’ Lentine said. “He’s been charged one time before at trial before jury who acquitted him, regardless of who testified in it.”
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