Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Traffic stops, domestic incident lead to felony drug arrests
nELSON Denais Baker By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two recent traffic stops by Atmore police, along with a response to a domestic complaint, have resulted in the arrests of a Florida woman, an Atmore woman and an Atmore man on felony drug possession charges.The first of the arrests occurred around 9:30 a.m., February 24, when an officer saw a vehicle make an unsafe lane change. According to police reports, the…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Reckless murder
Local businessman charged in tragic death of toddler left inside truck Rounsavall By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore businessman Shawn Rounsavall was arrested Monday night, February 27, and charged with reckless murder in the tragic death of a toddler who died earlier Monday after being left inside a vehicle all day.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said in a press release issued Tuesday morning that police were called around 4:30…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Gunfire at McDonald’s
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Witnesses who were inside the McDonald’s on South Main Street when gunfire erupted Sunday night said a female employee fired “several shots” inside the restaurant after being assaulted by her former boyfriend.Atmore police have labeled the gunfire “an accidental discharge,” and said the female “is signing warrants” on the man who attacked her. Nobody was injured by flying bullets.The first police report, issued Monday morning,…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
$1M bond
16-year-old boy charged as adult By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy reportedly made the decision to try a 16-year-old Atmore boy as an adult in the February 20 shooting death of the 16-year-old girl he had been dating.The suspect, who cannot be identified under Alabama law, was taken into custody shortly after he shot Escambia County High School volleyball player Janyia Wilson, 16, then drove…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Candlelight service held for shooting victim
Candlelight and balloons in Janyia’s memory By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 150 people gathered Sunday night, February 26, at Houston Avery Park to remember Janyia Wilson, the 16-year-old Escambia County High School student athlete who was shot to death recently by a teen she had been dating.Friends, classmates, family members — including the young shooting victim’s mother, Mary “Camille” Johnson — and others paid tribute to the young…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago