Category: News

NewsDon Fletcher

Up on the roof
Suspect tosses drugs atop church during foot chase Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested on felony drug charges after he jumped from a vehicle, then led police on a brief foot chase that ended with city firefighters helping police get onto a local church’s roof and recover the evidence against him.The incident occurred December 1, around 10:15 p.m., when an Atmore police officer tried to…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Burn ban lifted
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department Chief Ron Peebles announced Monday, Dec. 5, that the ban on outdoor burning that has been in effect for the past two months, has been lifted.Peebles said the ban, which went into effect in early October, is no longer necessary, since the community had experienced enough rainfall over the past three weeks to lessen the danger of wildfires.The ban was imposed less…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Brewton woman, man killed in wreck involving 4 semis
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials announced Monday, Dec. 5, that a Friday, Dec. 2, multi-vehicle crash that involved two passenger cars and four tractor-trailer rigs claimed the lives of a man and woman from Brewton.State troopers reported that Jewell W. Smith, 57, was fatally injured when the 2009 Ford Escape she was driving was struck in the rear by a 2015 International tractor-trailer driven by…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Protective order violated twice in a week
Linam By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested last week after he violated for the second and third times in a week a protective order granted to his wife, to whom he had reportedly been abusive in the past.The latest incident took place around 10:30 p.m., December 2, when Atmore police were sent to an Estates Lane residence, where a caller reported that a neighbor’s estranged spouse…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Ecstasy pill turned up during APD traffic stop
Robinson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman who admitted to police during a traffic stop that she had earlier smoked marijuana, was arrested on a felony drug possession charge after an MDMA tablet was found in her car.According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s website, MDMA (commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly) is “chemically similar to both stimulants and hallucinogens, producing feelings of increased energy, pleasure, emotional…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago