William Carroll Jr.
Introduction
William Carroll Jr. is a former Mobile, Alabama city councilman who spent nearly two decades representing the city’s District 2 before his arrest on October 28, 2026. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office booked the 56-year-old on two misdemeanor counts of second-degree making a terroristic threat after investigators said he told Hooters employees he “rapes little girls” and kills people “for a living” during an encounter at the restaurant’s Airport Boulevard location on October 14. He posted bond and was released from jail the same night.
Background Information
Carroll represented District 2 in northeast Mobile from 2005 to 2013 and again from 2021 to 2025. He lost his seat in the August 2025 municipal election to Samantha Ingram, and rather than accept the result he sued, alleging Ingram failed to meet the statutory residency requirement to run — claiming in the suit that she had not voted in Alabama since 2006 and remained registered to vote in Georgia. Ingram kept the seat; the residency challenge cost Carroll roughly $25,000 in legal fees, per Fox 10. Mobile’s municipal elections are nonpartisan, and neither candidate ran on a party ticket.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Arrested and charged — he referred questions to an attorney and has not publicly responded to the allegations.
Per criminal complaints and court documents, on October 14, 2026, Carroll told a female employee at the Hooters on Airport Boulevard, “I rape little girls like you” and “I dig ditches and kill people before.” He then allegedly turned on a second employee — a manager — telling her, “I kill people for a living and rape little girls like her,” in what the complaint describes as a “serious and deliberate manner” during a “direct encounter.” The complaints allege Carroll made “credible threats” to commit violence against a person; both women feared for their safety, and the manager, per the complaint, “was alarmed enough to cease her duties and call 911.”
In the 911 call — a transcript of which AL.com obtained from the restaurant — the manager tells the dispatcher: “I’ve got a gentleman here claiming that he rapes little girls like my staff and he buries people for a living. I’ve got his check so I’m going to need you here quick,” and adds, “I’m going to try and hold on to his check until you get here without him asking any questions.” She later says, “He’s not going to come in here and talk to any of us like that. I mean I’ll comp his ticket before I give him back the card. I’m just going to hold onto it until you get here.”
Mobile police responded to the restaurant that day and issued Carroll a trespass warning; the department’s statement says officers “issued a trespass warning to the subject and asked him to leave the business.” He was not arrested at the scene — the warrants came nearly two weeks later.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The arrest came on Wednesday, October 28: sheriff’s deputies executed an arrest warrant, taking Carroll into custody at Cedar and Conti streets just after 7 p.m., per court documents. He was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail shortly before 8 p.m. and released a little over an hour later on a $6,000 bond — $3,000 per charge. Although both counts are misdemeanors, the district attorney’s office is handling the prosecution because Carroll worked for the city.
Hooters said in a statement that it was “aware of an incident that occurred on October 14 at our Mobile location,” that “the person in question made inappropriate and disturbing comments to a staff member who reported the behavior to a manager,” and that “as standard policy, the person was immediately asked to leave and the authorities were notified.” A company representative added, “The wellbeing and safety of our employees and the communities we serve is of the utmost importance to our brand. As always, we provided support and security to all employees involved in this incident.”
Current Status
The charges are misdemeanors and the allegations are unadjudicated; Carroll is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. Reached by phone after his arrest, he said he was not able to speak about the case and referred questions to an attorney whom he did not identify; court records had not yet listed an attorney representing him. Jail records suggest a bond hearing on Friday, October 30, and court records show a hearing on November 12 — AL.com reported another court date may fall on November 11. Mobile police said “no further information will be released at this time,” and Hooters said it could not comment further because the matter is an active investigation.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Carroll’s council career had already ended with his August 2025 defeat by Ingram — the successor he then sued over residency — and the arrest now puts the former officeholder on the other side of a prosecution shaped by his old job: the district attorney’s office took the case specifically because of Carroll’s prior relationship with the city. He spent roughly two hours in custody before posting bond, and his immediate calendar runs through the October 30 bond hearing and the November 12 court date.
Sources
- NY Post, “Former councilman arrested for making sick ’little girls’ rape threats to Hooters employee”, October 30, 2026 — source
- AL.com (Lawrence Specker), “Former Mobile councilman accused of threatening rape, murder at a Hooters”, October 29, 2026 — source
- AL.com (Patrick Darrington), “Former south Alabama city councilman arrested for allegedly making terrorist threats”, October 29, 2026 — source
- FOX 10 (WALA), “911: Hooters employee calls for help after former Mobile councilman allegedly makes disturbing comments”, October 30, 2026 — source
- WSFA (WALA via Gray News), “‘I rape little girls like you’: Former councilman arrested after allegedly making terrorist threats at Hooters”, October 29, 2026 — source
- NY Post on X, trigger post, October 30, 2026 — source