Brewton man jailed for running up thousands in unauthorized charges
By DON FLETCHER
News Staff Writer
The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period June 17-20:
Marshall Shaddix
The 52-year-old Brewton man was arrested here June 17 on charges that stemmed from a months-long investigation that determined he had made “several thousand dollars of fraudulent charges” on a local resident’s debit card.
After the unauthorized use of the card was reported, APD investigators were able to determine Shaddix was the individual who obtained the victim’s debit card number, then rang up thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges.
Warrants were obtained charging Shaddix with one count each of first-degree theft and illegal possession of a credit / debit card. He was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC), where he remained Monday afternoon, June 23.
Noah Lee
Lee, a 40-year-old Flomaton resident, was arrested here June 22 after police responded to a report from a U.S. 31 resident of “a suspicious person refusing to leave the property.”
An officer arrived around 4:40 p.m. and were able to make contact with Lee, who reportedly displayed “suspicious behavior.” The officer asked Lee if he had anything illegal on his person, and Lee reportedly “reached into his pocket and removed a plastic baggy containing a small amount of methamphetamine and a glass pipe.
Lee was booked into the ECDC on one count each of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He remained in jail Monday afternoon, June 23.
Dante Haynes
The Atmore man, 46, was arrested June 22 after his vehicle was pulled over by a patrol officer for displaying an expired tag.
The afternoon traffic stop took place around 12:20 p.m. as the vehicle, driven by Haynes, traveled along Carver Avenue. Reports show that as the officer talked with the Atmore man, he noted “suspicious behavior,” and a K9 unit was summoned. The dog signaled that some illicit substance was in the vehicle, and a probable-cause search led to discovery of a small amount of crack cocaine. Haynes was charged with possession of a controlled substance and processed into the county jail.
ECDC records show he was still in the facility Monday afternoon, June 23.
Brittany White
The 36-year-old Pensacola, Fla. woman was arrested here June 18 after the vehicle in which she was a passenger was pulled over for an unspecified moving violation.
According to police reports, the pullover was conducted around 2:20 p.m. on South Main Street.
The officer “noted suspicious behavior” as he talked with the unidentified driver and the passenger, White. A K9 unit was called to the scene, and a subsequent search yielded “several broken glass pipes” on the passenger side of the vehicle.
A search of White’s person turned up a “small amount of cocaine and methamphetamine.”
She was processed into the ECDC, where she remained Monday afternoon, June 23, charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Damien Cole
Cole, 34, of Atmore, was arrested June 20 after police responded around 11:15 a.m. to a domestic disturbance on McRae Street.
A family member told the responding officer that Cole was “under the influence of narcotics (and) was acting strangely.”
Cole was found minutes later at another location and an officer detained him after he “immediately recognized that Cole was behaving strangely.” During the course of the investigation the officer discovered that the suspect was in possession of a small amount of cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as items used to ingest narcotics.
Cole was taken into custody and was booked into the county jail on two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was still on the ECDC’s inmate roster Monday afternoon, June 23.