Month: June 2021

Couple charged with financial exploitation, abuse of man’s mother Mason Morris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man and his common-law wife remained behind bars as midweek approached after their arrest on charges of financial, physical and emotional abuse of the man’s 76-year-old mother.Escambia County Detention Center records show that Todd Jefferson Morris, 53, and Kimberly Ann Mason, 55, both of a Perry Lane residence near Canoe, were arrested…

Crutchfield Saxon McCarthy Gainey Carter By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer During the lengthy period when the COVID-19 pandemic raged and prevented the housing in the county jail of hardly anyone except those arrested for violent crimes, felony drug offenders got something of a free pass.Sheriff Heath Jackson said this week the time has come to pay the piper.Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators have begun the process of serving…

Buckets of rain, but no major damage Officer Logan Weber replaces barricade tape that was torn apart by a vehicle By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Tropical Storm Claudette spawned a tornado that tore across East Brewton and is being blamed for an 18-car pileup that resulted in 10 deaths in Butler County, but the swift-moving weather system left only a wet calling card as it passed through Atmore.The storm reportedly…