Tag: APD. Atmore Police Department

On Saturday, May 18, at approximately 2 a.m., the Atmore Police Department received a 911 call in response to shots being fired at 100 Martin Luther King Drive, Atmore. The location on Martin Luther King Drive is formerly the Escambia County Middle School but now serves as a community center. Atmore police arrived on scene and immediately heard gun shots going off around the property. Officers began assisting the gunshot…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A 19-year-old Atmore man, already reportedly the subject of a robbery warrant, now also faces a felony marijuana possession charge after police recognized him when he drove by the scene of an unrelated arrest. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed late last week that Demetrius Cordell Crenshaw was charged by city police with one count each of first degree possession of marijuana and possession…

Adult, juvenile found holding property taken in break-ins By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A predawn raid carried out Monday (April 15) at a Harris Street residence resulted in the arrest of a two-person burglary ring believed responsible for either stealing or acting as a fence for property stolen in a string of residential break-ins stretching from Atmore and rural Escambia County, Alabama, into Florida. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks…

Devices will benefit officers and suspects By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer If Atmore City Council members approve the measure, Atmore Police Department patrol officers and investigators will in the relatively near future be outfitted with body cameras. Police Chief Chuck Brooks told Mayor Jim Staff and council members during the panel’s March 11 pre-meeting workshop that he feels the body cameras will not only help his officers maintain their…