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Man loses ‘freeze tag’ match with police By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An unidentified local man, the subject of several outstanding criminal warrants, apparently wanted so badly to share his inner childhood with Atmore and Poarch police that he followed bad advice and tried to make a game of his latest encounter with lawmen.According to a posting on the Atmore Police Department Facebook page, the “misguided citizen” was himself misled…
Fla. manslaughter suspect captured here
Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Flomaton man, a fugitive from a Florida manslaughter warrant, was captured Valentine’s Day when an Atmore Police Department investigator spotted the suspect walking down a street in the city’s northwestern sector.According to a press release issued by APD Chief Chuck Brooks, the city detective spotted Timothy Lavon Johnson, 34, walking along Howard Street around 3:30 p.m., February 14.APD had been notified by Escambia…
Fast Lane shooting victims ‘uncooperative’
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…
Lawyers support POA with grant award
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…
Atmore man arrested at Fountain CF
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…