Stabler Arrest: News 5 Investigates

News 5 and eight other media outlets are pursuing legal action against the Robertsdale Police Department and city attorney Ken Raines. Our station attorneys sent Police Chief Brad Kendrick and Raines a three-page letter urging them to release dash cam video of Kenny Stabler's recent D.U.I. arrest. Stabler was arrested Sunday after being pulled over on Highway 59 for reckless driving.

The legal letter reminds the city of Robertsdale that state law and constitutional rights allow the media access to public information...information like the dash cam video. Raines has refused to return our phone calls since Stabler was arrested. News 5 did some digging and found out that Raines is no stranger to Stabler. Raines represented the former Crimson Tide star when he was arrested on D.U.I charges in Orange Beach back in 2001.

On Thursday, Raines recused himself from prosecuting Stabler but still ordered the police department not to release the video. Also on Thursday, Robertsdale Judge Julian Brackin ordered all evidence in the Stabler case sealed until the "Snake's" trial in August.