From Tribune staff reportsJEFFERSON COUNTY — A stolen Jefferson County school bus was recovered in Walker County and a man has been jailed in connection to the theft, according to Lt. Joni Money of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Around 5:20 p.m. on Monday, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received information a school bus that had been stolen earlier in the day was seen on Free Will Road, just inside Walker County. Deputies responded to the Walker County location and discovered the bus on an old logging road. Fresh footprints were found leading away from the bus to Watkins Road,” Money said. “Deputies deployed a K9 and were able to locate a suspect.”Money said 44-year-old James Stafford was taken into custody and transported to the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham.
