Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Atmore man charged with auto theft
White News Staff Report Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows that an Atmore man remained behind bars late Monday, May 8, after his May 7 arrest on an auto theft charge.The jail website shows that Steven Gage White, 27, was arrested by sheriff’s officers and is charged with one count of first-degree theft of property (auto).First-degree theft occurs when the value of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Underglow lights lead to Spice, Ecstasy bust
K. Pettway M. Pettway Watkins By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men were arrested May 9 on various felony and misdemeanor drug-related charges after the multi-colored under-glow lights on their vehicle attracted the attention of Atmore police.In Alabama, it is legal to have under-glow lighting on your vehicle as long as the colors are white, blue or amber, which colors are legal for all vehicles on the road. However,…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
State K9 handler jailed for child sex abuse
Banda By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Thomas Fonseca Banda, a K9 handler for Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), was arrested May 1 after an Escambia County grand jury handed up an indictment charging him with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.The indictment evolved from an “extensive investigation” launched March 24 by special agents of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), at the request…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
No bond
Rape suspect held under Aniah’s Law ruling Coley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile man with a lengthy criminal history — charged with numerous crimes related to a violent sexual assault that took place in Atmore last month — has been denied bond until he goes to trial after Escambia County’s first-ever application of Aniah’s Law.Aniah’s Law was named after 19-year-old Southern Union State Community College student Aniah Blanchard,…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Gideon selected to state office
Gideons By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Bub Gideons was elected District Governor for Alabama Lions District C in 2020, he figured he had climbed just about as high as he could on the organization’s state ladder. Now there’s no doubt he has advanced that far.Gideons was elected statewide as the next Council Chair of the Alabama Lions Clubs International at the group’s state convention, held recently in Prattville.The local…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago