The Coffee County Arrest Log
A multi-day Coffee County arrest log answers a wider question than a same-day list. It shows who was booked into the Coffee County Jail over several days. Weekend and holiday arrests show up there. Late-posted bookings do too. The wider window matters. An arrest does not always appear on the day it happens. The Coffee County Jail is the county booking destination. Its telephone is (334) 894-6200. The September 2026 snapshot found no working roster or inmate search. Nothing appears on the sheriff's home page at https://www.coffeeso.us/. No Coffee County agency published a verified multi-day arrest log online. None published a blotter either.
Sheriff's former roster routes show how a Coffee County arrest log once worked. The former chooser at https://www.coffeeso.us/roster-choose carried two options. One was Current Inmates. Another was 48 Hour Release. That option covered people released in the last 48 hours. The former roster at https://www.coffeeso.us/roster.php sorted current inmates by booking date. Both routes now return a generic not-found page. Treat them as restoration checks only. Watch the sheriff's site for a rebuilt roster. Confirm arrests by phone while the search is down.
An arrest log that is missing from the web is not a missing record. Booking records still sit in Coffee County Jail files, and each arresting agency keeps its own. Alabama law keeps the jail record open for public inspection during office hours.
Which Agencies Keep Coffee County Arrest Reports
Every Coffee County arrest report begins with the officer who made the arrest, then settles into agency files. The Coffee County Sheriff's Office sits at the center because county bookings land in the Coffee County Jail. Visit the office at 1133 E McKinnon St, New Brockton, AL 36351, or call the main line at (334) 894-5535. Public-facing hours run 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. CST, Monday through Friday. Non-emergency dispatch answers at (334) 894-0204 or (334) 894-0204. Alabama Code Section 36-22-8 spells out the jail record itself: the prisoner's name, age, sex, color, and distinguishing marks, plus the charge, commitment order and date, and release order and date. That record stays open for public inspection during office hours.
City police departments file their own arrest reports. Enterprise Police keeps a records page but no live arrest log, and Elba Police and New Brockton Police publish contacts only. For the court side of an arrest, the Circuit Clerk answers at (334) 347-2519 in Enterprise and (334) 897-2954 in Elba. Elba Municipal Court meets the second Tuesday of each month at 312 Simmons Street, phone (334) 897-1254.
How to Read Coffee County Arrest Reports
Start with the newest entries and work backward. An arrest made today may not appear until tomorrow. A Friday-night arrest can take days to surface. For the same-day view, the Arrested Today page covers current bookings. The steps here follow a record from the current days back to older files.
- Check the sheriff's site, https://www.coffeeso.us/, for a restored roster or arrest log. No current roster appeared there at the September 2026 snapshot. The former roster routes return a not-found page.
- Call the Coffee County Jail at (334) 894-6200. Give the full name and the arrest or booking date. Ask whether the person was booked and is still in custody. A release answer matters too.
- Ask the arresting agency for the arrest report itself. Enterprise Police, Elba Police, and New Brockton Police keep their own reports. They can say which office holds a given file.
- For a record outside the current window, send a written request to the records custodian. Cite Alabama Code Sections 36-12-40 and 36-12-45. Name the person, the date, the agency, and the record type. Ask which office is the custodian.
- Treat news stories and third-party sections as leads. Verify the name, charge, and date with the jail or the arresting agency.
What an Arrest Report Entry Shows
A Coffee County arrest report entry lines up the same core facts no matter where you find them. Those facts may sit in a jail record, a police report, or a third-party copy. The booking-record fields follow the county's own field checklist.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Identity | Full name as booked, aliases or spelling variants, age or date of birth when lawfully shown, sex, and race or agency code. |
| Booking event | Booking date and time, booking number, arresting agency, arrest location, and whether the arrest date and the booking date differ. |
| Charge | Charge exactly as booked, statutory citation if shown, count, charge level, and any warrant, hold, or detainer notation. |
| Custody | Facility, bond terms, release date and time, transfer destination, and court date or division. |
| Access limits | Fields a source withholds, such as juvenile identity, sealed matters, victim identifiers, or investigative detail. |
Note: Coffee County arrest report entries list booking details as recorded at intake.
Weekend and Holiday Arrests in Coffee County
Weekend arrests are the main reason a multi-day log matters. Officers answer calls on Saturday and Sunday. The offices that take questions work Monday through Friday, and sheriff's public-facing hours run 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. CST. That gap means a Friday-night arrest can surface days later. Some arrests only come to light after a phone check with the jail.
Court calendars shape the record too. Elba's city court sits on the second Tuesday of each month, and Circuit Clerk offices split between Enterprise and Elba. The county traffic-court page carries a warning worth heeding: failing to appear or dispose of a traffic matter can bring a warrant, license suspension, a larger fine, or a forfeited bond. For a named-person lookup after a recent Coffee County arrest, the Coffee County Recent Arrests home page carries the full search path.
Coffee County arrest reports follow no published weekend posting schedule. Expect catch-up entries and office-hours delays. Confirm any weekend arrest by phone with the jail or the arresting agency.
Coffee County Arrest Logs and Third-Party Sections
Coffee County arrest logs live beyond government sites. Newsrooms publish them alongside courthouse schedules, sometimes on evenings and weekends when official portals sit quiet. That coverage is event-driven, so it will never read like a full booking ledger. WTVY News 4 maintains a Coffee County topic page, and its reporting leans on the sheriff's office, city police departments, and court records. WDHN and the Wiregrass Daily News follow Coffee County crime as well, while The Enterprise Ledger and The Elba Clipper round things out with newspaper depth.
Aggregator sites take a different approach. The Mugshots.zone Coffee County section posts a list sorted by booking date. It is unofficial. Treat it as a starting point for an arrest search, not a substitute for the record itself.
A single aggregator entry can open a search by name, agency, or charge. The actual booking record stays with the Coffee County Jail or the agency that made the arrest. When you want to confirm an entry fast, use the jail number.
Several aggregators carry Coffee County bookings. RecentlyBooked keeps a rolling 30-day window and refreshes several times a day, with 16 entries per page. BustedNewspaper groups its Coffee County listings by arresting agency. Arrests.org offers Coffee County filters, though its results sometimes come back empty. Coverage on all of these shifts without warning.
For steadier ground, the WTVY News 4 Coffee County page reports on arrests with details aggregators skip. Stories there frequently name the arresting agency. Many also spell out the next court step.
A news story can narrow the date and the agency behind a Coffee County arrest. What it cannot do is stand in for the record. Confirm the name, charge, and court date with the jail or the clerk. None of these third-party sections counts as an official booking ledger.
Archives, Retention, and Coffee County Arrest Records
Coffee County arrest records do not disappear just because a web page does. An offline page proves nothing about destruction. The Alabama Department of Archives and History, known as ADAH, bars local agencies from destroying records without an approved retention authority. Those disposition schedules sit at https://archives.alabama.gov/RDA/?id=21. Permanent records may eventually transfer to ADAH, though local courts fall outside its reach. ADAH's digital collections hold no Coffee County sheriff booking series. Think of the archives as a referral step rather than a sure search.
Older arrest reports call for a written request. Alabama Code Sections 36-12-40 and 36-12-45 give residents the right to inspect public records, with copies handled under the custodian's procedures. Write to the Coffee County Sheriff's Office at 1133 E McKinnon St, New Brockton, AL 36351, call (334) 894-5535, or reach the jail at (334) 894-6200, and ask which office holds the record. The county's online public-records form belongs to the Commission and covers Commission records in person at 1065 East McKinnon Street, New Brockton; the sheriff keeps a separate form. Name the person, booking date, agency, and record type, and ask about fees before authorizing any copy.
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