Day: April 12, 2023

Dinkins Hadley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Perdido man convicted in 2007 of shooting at a woman with a crossbow, and a Brewton man who set several fires in a Brewton hotel, were each turned down for parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Randy Hadley was initially charged with attempted murder but was eventually sentenced to serve 20 years for first-degree assault. Arrest reports…

Jenkins Ducree By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Pensacola, Fla. man and woman were each charged with drug trafficking after an April 6, midday traffic stop by Atmore police along South Main Street led to the discovery of more than an ounce of crack cocaine.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported the incident began around 12:55 p.m. when an APD patrol officer saw a vehicle whose driver failed to stop…

News Staff Report Alabama State Troopers reported Sunday, April 9, that an early morning, single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Bay Minette man near Atmore.Trooper reports show that 43-year-old Danny L. Grant Jr. was fatally injured at approximately 7:25 a.m., when the 2006 Chevrolet Impala he was driving left Interstate 65 at the 55-mile marker, about a mile south of Atmore.No further details were immediately available as troopers continued…

Jones By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, the subject of an outstanding warrant based on revocation of his bond on a previous charge, now faces pot, pistol and paraphernalia possession charges after local police pulled over the all-terrain vehicle he was driving along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on April 6.The incident began around 1:40 p.m. when an Atmore Police Department patrol officer saw a four-wheeler being driven…