Month: September 2024

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Alabama man, found guilty by a federal jury earlier this year, was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison on charges related to a brutal, violent 2022 carjacking that ended with the arrest of the suspect at an abandoned rural Escambia County house where he had threatened to kill his victim and leave her remains.According to a news release issued by the U.S. Bureau…

Special to Atmore News Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials reported that Highway Patrol and Marine Patrol divisions investigated six traffic fatalities and one drowning during the Labor Day holiday period, which ran from 12:01 a.m. Friday, August 30, to midnight Monday, September 2.The fatal highway crashes occurred in Cleburne, Chilton and Mobile counties. Saturday, August 31, was the only day during the extended holiday weekend on which there were…

Local man jailed for felony pot possession, manufacturing By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department during the period September 1-6:Mark Hall Hall An Atmore man was arrested September 5 on several charges, including manufacturing of and felony possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine after APD investigators executed a search warrant at a Terrace Street residence.According to reports, lawmen…

Dearman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mississippi man who killed six Citronelle residents, including an unborn child, with an axe just eight years ago, will apparently pay the ultimate price for his crime in mid-October.Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced in a letter to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Q. Hamm that she had set a 34-hour time frame for the execution of Derrick Ryan Dearman, which will be…