By DON FLETCHER
News Staff Writer
An Atmore man serving a life sentence for manufacturing methamphetamine was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.
Harold Scott Bagwell was arrested in 2012 by Atmore police after a pharmacy clerk at Rite-Aid Pharmacy (now closed) reported that Bagwell and a companion were “acting nervously” while purchasing Sudafed, a primary ingredient in the meth manufacturing process, at the store.
Bagwell’s vehicle was later pulled over by city officers, and a search led to the discovery of about a gram of meth and 70 pills that included Xanax, Lortab and others.
According to Alabama Department of Corrections records, the Atmore man was sentenced in 2013 under the Habitual Offender Act to life with the possibility of parole. He was also sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 years and 3 years on two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
Bagwell has served just over 10 years, so both those sentences have now expired.
He is currently housed at Loxley Work Release facility and will spend the rest of his life behind bars unless he is granted parole or a pardon.