December 2017 - Page 17 of 23

Don Fletcher

Atmore man caught in act of burglarizing rural home

A 31-year-old Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center, under a $100,000 bond, this week after his November 29 arrest on burglary, theft and drug charges. Chief Deputy Mike Lambert of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office reported that Joel Thomas Klinger of a 12th Avenue address was arrested on one count each of first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, possession of burglary tools, second-degree theft, unlawful possession of a controlled…

Juvenile, 13, charged with residential burglary

A juvenile — reportedly a 13-year-old boy — was taken into custody December 5 by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies who responded to a burglary call just outside the Poarch community. According to sheriff’s reports, deputies were sent to an address on Atmosphere Road after dispatchers relayed a report of a burglary in progress. The homeowner had returned home and had been told by his neighbor that someone had crawled…

Obituaries for the week of December 6, 2017

Claude Hadley Mr. Claude Hadley (known as the sheetrock man), age 54, of East Brewton, Ala., passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Perdido, Ala. to Willie and Stella Hadley. He was a native of Perdido, Ala. and resident of East Brewton for the past twenty years. He was a sheetrock laborer by trade and was considered one of the best around and an…

Bond revoked for mother accused of sex trafficking

Melissa Deann Stoker, the 37-year-old Atmore woman arrested in July and accused of doing nothing to stop her mother-in-law from prostituting Stoker’s teenage daughter, went back behind bars just 10 days after she finally made bond. Stoker was released from the Escambia County Detention Center on November 20 when a $100,000 bond was posted on her behalf. The bond represented a significant reduction in her original bond, which was $1 million.…

Poarch parade postponed

The Poarch Creek Indians Christmas parade, set to begin at 5:30 p.m. today (Friday) has been postponed due to the high probability of icy precipitation during the scheduled event. The parade has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 19. It will begin at Poarch Creek Gymnasium on Lynn McGhee Drive and wind its way to Lavan Martin Assisted Living Facility on Buford Rolin Drive.