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Atmore man, Opp man each charged with possession
Pleasant Morrill Cooper Dirden By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, 44-year-old Michael Darnell Pleasant, was arrested by city police December 16 on a felony drug charge after his vehicle was pulled over because its tag was out of date.According to Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann, an officer conducted the traffic stop around 3 a.m. on Alabama 21. The officer noted that Pleasant’s driver’s license had been revoked…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 months ago
No parole for Atmore mugger, Brewton ‘Peeping Tom’
Gentry Baggett By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man with a penchant for mugging elderly individuals and robbing them of their valuables, and a Brewton man who has been diagnosed as an anti-social “Peeping Tom” and is serving a life sentence, were each denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The Atmore man, Jeffrey Daniel Gentry, is serving his third stint in prison since…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 months ago
Vandalism on Main
Glass shattered in block-long series of downtown windows, doors Mike Smith puts plywood on one of the Atmore News windows. Brown By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man with a penchant for — and history of — breaking glass was arrested Sunday afternoon, December 10, just hours after he left a block-long string of shattered shop windows and splintered glass doors in Atmore’s downtown business district.Atmore police took 42-year-old…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 months ago
‘Miracle in the making’
Dedication held at site of future We Care Thrift Store location Don Metzler, left, talks about the new shop as Nathan Kennell, left, and Kevin Kennell, right, hold the sign that was erected at the site. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer We Care Thrift Store, located at the corner of Main Street and Nashville Avenue, has been a part of the downtown business community for the past 34 years. By…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 months ago
Former tire shop owner arrested for $15K theft
Rowland By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Former Atmore businessman Christopher Michael Rowland, who was forced to sell his business, Rowland Tire Shop, four years ago after being charged by a supplier with theft by deception, has been arrested again after funds were discovered missing from another local tire company for which he used to work.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported Tuesday morning, December 12, that Rowland was arrested on…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 months ago