Huntsville, AL Men in Jail after Allegedly Assaulting Coffee County Female

January 9, 2022

Darius Lankford, age 38, and Leo Anthony Sewell, age 44 of Huntsville, AL. were booked in at the Coffee County Jail on Saturday.

On Saturday morning around 7:30AM the two men entered a mobile home on Bryan Blvd. near Johnson’s Flee Market. The family reports that the two men with a machete threatened to kill the female resident.

Law enforcement located the men at a store in Winchester where they were taken into custody. A female with the men was not arrested and was given a ride back to Huntsville.

Allegedly when Lankford and Sewell entered the mobile home, they asked for gas money and that’s when things went bad and one of the men pulled out a machete.

The men allegedly robbed the female and Sewell allegedly sexually assaulted the woman.

Lankford and Sewell are both charged with aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, and especially aggravated robbery. Sewell was also charged with sexual battery.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,947 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.