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Two Women Sentenced in Talladega National Forest Crimes: One Gets Life, the Other 35 Years

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Two women have been sentenced for crimes committed in the Talladega National Forest, announced by U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton Peeples. U.S. District Court Judge R. David Proctor sentenced 21-year-old Yasmine Marie Hider, from Edmond, Okla., to 35 years in prison and 37-year-old Krystal Diane Pinkins, from Memphis, Tenn., to life in prison. Hider accepted responsibility and pled guilty to murder, kidnapping, and robbery in …

Two Women Living off the Grid in Talladega National Forest Plead Guilty to Murder of College Student During Robbery, Sentenced to Prison

ASHLAND, Ala. — Two women have been sentenced for their involvement in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Florida college student in the Talladega National Forest near Alabama’s Cheaha State Park. Krystal Pinkins and Yasmine Hider, who had been living “off the grid” in the national forest for weeks, were each convicted of murder, kidnapping, and robbery after fatally shooting Adam Simjee of Apopka, Fla during an attempted robbery. The incident occurred on Aug. 16, …

Two Women Sentenced for Murder During Attempted Robbery in Talladega National Forest

ASHLAND, Ala. — Two women, Krystal Pinkins and Yasmine Hider, were sentenced for their roles in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Florida college student in the Talladega National Forest near Alabama’s Cheaha State Park. The women, who had been living “off the grid” in the national forest for weeks, pleaded guilty to charges of murder, kidnapping, and robbery. According to authorities, the two suspects flagged down Adam Simjee and his girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus, on …

Two Women Sentenced in the 2022 Talladega National Forest Murder-Robbery Case

Birmingham, Alabama – Two women have been sentenced in connection with the 2022 death of a college student in the Talladega National Forest. The U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama announced on Thursday that 37-year-old Krystal Diane Pinkins of Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to life in prison, while 21-year-old Yasmine Marie Hider of Oklahoma has been given a 35-year prison term. Hider pleaded guilty last year to murder, kidnapping, and robbery and …