Don Fletcher

Stolen bike, gun recovered; 2 arrested
Jones By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police arrested a local man and a Pensacola, Fla. man after a security video showed them stealing a motorized bicycle from a local drinking establishment.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Charles Franklin Jones, 34, of Atmore, and Jailon Hall, 18, of Pensacola, were each arrested March 5 on first-degree theft charges, although only Jones was charged with stealing the bike.Police reports…
Gun raffle, yard sale for Grant family
The Grant family, from left, Ali, Emma Kate, Bryson, Gracelynn, Jodie, Brian. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Friends of an Atmore family, of which four members were injured in a violent January car crash that claimed the life of a Flomaton man, are raising money to help the family make a dent in the ongoing medical bills and other expenses related to the wreck.Brian Grant and his three daughters —…
Traffic stops lead to felony drug arrests
Henderson Bright Thomas Hyatt By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four Atmore men, including one who was issued a summons and released more than a month ago due to COVID requirements at the county jail, were booked into the Escambia County Detention Center over the past week on felony drug possession charges that resulted from three separate traffic stops by city police.Norman Henderson, 39, was initially charged on January 21 with…
Threats lead to charges against ex-husband
Hands By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center March 7, charged with making threats to his ex-wife and trying to break into her house during an ongoing dispute.Due to restrictions on accepting non-violent inmates at the county jail due to the COVID pandemic, 45-year-old Quentin Roosevelt Hands was issued a summons after a February 18 incident. He was physically arrested and processed…
Woman charged with intent to distribute
Craig Lawson Garvin Green By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Local police confirmed this week that a 34-year-old Atmore woman was arrested February 11 and charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.Cynthia Merie Craig was taken into custody by officers of the Atmore Police Department’s anti-drug unit, who executed a search warrant at her residence in a U.S. 31 mobile home park.An APD source reported that drug cops found…