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Atmore woman facesfirst-degree pot charge
Boatwright By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was arrested April 14 by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies and charged with felony pot possession.Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows that Khalila Kechlyren Boatwright, 44, was processed into the jail on one count of first-degree possession of marijuana.Under Alabama Criminal Code, first-degree possession of marijuana (Class C felony) is charged if the pot’s…
Woman jailed for domestic assault; fugitive nabbed
Howard Finney By DON FLETCHERNew Staff Writer Atmore police arrested a local woman who stabbed or sliced another person during a domestic incident and took into custody a local man who was on the lam from authorities in another state.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said the domestic incident happened around 1:45 p.m. on April 23, when APD officers responded to a domestic violence report at a residence in the…
Man arrested for burglary
Mitchell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was taken into custody April 17 by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies after he failed to appear in court to answer a felony burglary charge.Not all details were immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows Eric Depaul Mitchell, 44, was arrested after he was a no-show in circuit court, where he faced charges of first-degree burglary and third-degree…
Meth charge for manpeeking through window
Rollins By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore Police Department officer, checking out a “suspicious person” who was seen moving around in the city’s downtown commercial area, arrested a 46-year-old Atmore man on felony drug possession charges.The incident occurred April 17, around 2:15 a.m., when the officer “observed a person wearing black clothing looking into the window of a closed business.”The officer spoke with the individual, later identified as Antwan…