re: Alabama's DC Pete Golding arrested for DUI

Crime reporters call law enforcement throughout the day and monitor jail websites. They might, for example, call the public information officers in each department and the detective squads in each precinct in their coverage area several times during an eight-hour shift.

They also receive press releases from law enforcement agencies. Those releases can take the form of arrests for serious crimes or of notable people, among other things.

Reporters also develop sources who tip them off. On something like this, the tip could have come from the cops, jail, bail bondsman, court employee or from someone at the university.