Author: Don Fletcher

Hadley Ramieri By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police arrested two local men over the past week for possession of drugs, including one who was issued a summons three months ago, when the county jail wasn’t accepting non-violent offenders.The most recent incident occurred May 19 and resulted in the arrest of 29-year-old James Clark Hadley, who was already being sought by authorities, on new charges.According to Atmore Police Department Sgt.…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Board of Education members voted unanimously during their May 19 meeting to approve six of seven “action items” (one was tabled), including a proposed “reorganizational” chart that includes two assistant superintendents (instead of one position currently in place), two mathematics specialists and two English Language Arts specialists. Superintendent of Education Michele McClung told board members one of the assistant superintendents would be…

Arrested at APD for drug possession Cole By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man got plenty of attention from Atmore police when he came to APD headquarters and reported his vehicle missing. It just wasn’t the attention he had hoped for.Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that around 12:45 p.m. on May 7, Damien Deandre Cole, 31, “came to the Atmore Police Department requesting assistance in locating his vehicle.”Reports show that…

Trice By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman remained in the county jail this week, charged with hitting her boyfriend with a dumbbell during an argument.According to Atmore Police Department reports, officers were sent to a residence near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and America Lane, where a resident reported “a female walking up to the residence, covered in blood.”Police eventually discovered that the woman, 47-year-old…

Knighten By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested by city police last Friday, May 13, several hours after he was seen on surveillance video entering a pair of unlocked vehicles at a local funeral parlor and taking property from them.Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the break-ins happened around 3:55 a.m. at Petty Funeral Home on East Nashville Avenue (U.S. 31). The video, which police viewed with funeral…