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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators are at a standstill as they try to sort out the circumstances surrounding the January 10 shooting at the Fast Lane convenience store on Jack Springs Road.APD detectives reportedly have all the physical evidence they need on which to build their case. They just can’t get any cooperation from the intended targets of at least five shots that were fired during the…

At the presentation, from left, Cindy Colville, Nikki Tucker Davis, Foster Kizer, Dale Ash, Linda Godwin Special to Atmore News The Pride of Atmore has received a grant for $5,000 from the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation (ACJF), a statewide grantmaking foundation supported by lawyers from across the state.POA member Dale Ash said this donation would not have been possible without Atmore attorney Charles Godwin, who make the group aware of…

Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Corrections officers arrested an Atmore man on three felony drug charges, including trafficking in methamphetamine, as he visited an inmate at Fountain Correctional Facility.Escambia County Detention Center records show that Qwatrevies Ford, 25, was booked February 10 on drug trafficking, possession of an unspecified controlled substance and first-degree possession of marijuana charges.Corrections department spokeswoman Kristi Simpson said a K9 officer alerted…

Near-miss with APD unit leads to arrests Black McCaster Rivers Harris Knowles By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four Atmore men were arrested on felony drug possession charges and a weapon charge after the car in which they were riding just missed a head-on collision with an Atmore Police Department patrol cruiser.Arrested were Da’Darrius Mortez Harris (27), Jarrett Dajeur McCaster (32), Jamelle Lakell Rivers (28) and Lagarick Raheem Black (25). Each…

Taylor By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the county jail as midweek approached, charged with shooting his brother during a Thursday, February 10, argument at a local apartment complex.According to a press release issued by Police Chief Chuck Brooks, 21-year-old Aquarius Dejan Taylor is charged with one count of first-degree assault in connection with the shooting. He was being held in the Escambia County Detention Center,…