By DON FLETCHER
News Staff Writer
During recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles, an Evergreen man who served only a fraction of his sentence behind bars after being convicted here of dealing drugs, was granted parole, while a Brewton woman sentenced to life in prison for first-degree arson was not as lucky.
Carl Faircloth
Faircloth was sentenced in 2021 to serve 15 years in prison after his conviction for distribution of a controlled substance. He was released after actually spending not quite two years behind bars.
Alabama Department of Corrections records show Faircloth was housed at Frank Lee Work Center in Elmore County when his parole was granted. He was given credit for 74 days in jail, accumulated more than 3-1/2 years (1,265 days) of “good time” and also received credit for 443 days of “pre-time served.”
Faircloth was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over in 2019 by East Brewton police for failing to use a turn signal. He was arrested when two synthetic cannabis (Spice) cigarettes and a bag of the illicit substance were found on his side of the vehicle.
Toshanna ‘Nikki’ Fore
Parole was denied for Fore, who was sentenced in 2011 to life with the possibility of parole after a jury found her guilty of setting fire to a Spruce Avenue (Brewton) residence inside which four people were living.
According to published reports, the fire destroyed the house and a vehicle in its yard. No lives were lost in the blaze, but one of the occupants was severely burned.
Although she had no previous felony convictions or arrests, Fore was handed the life sentence. Change.org circulated an online petition to have the sentence reduced, but fewer than 150 people signed it.
Currently housed at Birmingham Work Release Center, Fore has currently served slightly more than 15 years. A 10-year sentence for criminal mischief ran concurrently with the arson sentence and has expired.
She will spend the remainder of her life in prison unless she is paroled or granted a pardon.