APD. Atmore Police DepartmentDon Fletcher

Truck sails onto tracks
Driver missed stop sign By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Century, Fla. woman was seriously injured Monday, February 4, when she apparently missed a stop sign and drove her pickup across fog-shrouded U.S. 31, about four miles east of downtown Atmore, then went airborne, jumped a ravine and landed on a set of train tracks. The driver, Kimberly Kaye Clarke (reportedly “in her 50s”) was taken by ambulance to…
Truck misses stop sign, sails onto train tracks
The driver of a 2007 Chevy pickup was reportedly seriously injured this morning around 6 a.m. when she missed a stop sign and drove across fog-shrouded U.S. 31, went airborne and landed on a set of train tracks. The driver, Kimberly Kaye Clark (no age provided) of Century, Fla. was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. Traffic investigators had not determined by midday whether or not the thick fog…
Auto break-ins reported
Police also investigating shots fired into apartments By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police continued this week their investigation into a rash of automobile break-ins, most of which took place on the city’s fringes, that were reported over the weekend and into this week. According to a press release from Police Chief Chuck Brooks, the first batch of break-ins occurred in the predawn hours of January 20 along Old…
Trailer theft at Johnson Ford
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks announced Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 8) that city police are investigating the January 3 theft of a flatbed trailer from a local auto dealer. According to a press release issued Tuesday afternoon by Brooks, Ben Odom, Sales Manager at Johnson Ford, reported to police that someone “came onto the property and stole a trailer.” Odom described the trailer as “an 18-foot black flatbed trailer with a…
Arrest made after police find pot, tabs of Ecstasy
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested December 13 by city police, armed with a search warrant, who raided his Terrace Street home. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed that 34-year-old Danielle Hall, who goes by the street name “Gonzo,” was taken into custody on three separate charges after the search turned up an undisclosed amount of marijuana, several tablets of Ecstasy (known as “the party…