Day: July 13, 2022

Atmore News

Attempted murder suspect, 75, extradited from Fla.
Sanders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An elderly Atmore man, held in the Escambia County (Fla,) Jail since February 2021 for trying to run down several law enforcement officers with his car, has been extradited to Alabama to face charges here.The Escambia County Detention Center website shows that 75-year-old Lem Roy Sanders, who is said to suffer from an undisclosed mental illness, was processed into the facility July 8 on…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Obituaries, week of July 20, 2022
Doris Marie Martin Mrs. Doris Marie Martin, age 86, of Poarch, Ala., passed away in the early morning on Monday, July 11, 2022 at her home. She was a native and lifelong resident of Poarch and a member of Poarch Community Church, where she was a former singer in the Heavenly Voices. She was a proud member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Marie was a mother and grandmother…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Parole board turns down Brewton men
Samuel Jones Montgomery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Brewton men, each convicted in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court, were denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.Dayvon Ladarious Samuel, who is currently housed at Ventress Correctional Facility, was convicted in 2020 of first-degree escape from an undisclosed facility. He was sentenced to 15 years and has served barely two but has built up 1,273…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Troopers report 8 traffic fatalities, 8 boat crashes over July 4th holiday
Special to Atmore News Troopers within Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol and Marine Patrol divisions spent the extended Independence Day weekend patrolling Alabama roadways and waterways, while ALEA pilots kept an eye on the state’s Gulf Coast beaches from the air.During the holiday period, which began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 1, and ended at midnight Monday, July 4, highway patrol troopers investigated eight traffic fatalities, with crashes occurring…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Fountain escapee recaptured in Birmingham
Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Fountain Correctional Facility inmate who escaped from the facility June 12 is back behind bars.Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced that Edward Cortez Williams, 41, was recaptured early last Friday, July 8, in the same county as he was convicted in 2004. He was serving a life sentence (999 years, 99 months, 99 days) that was imposed after he was convicted of six…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago