Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Felony drug incidents continue
McGhee Brooks By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that his agency’s recent spate of felony drug arrests is not the result of some recently launched crackdown on those who buy, sell and possess substances controlled under law. Neither has it anything to do with cases that were made when the COVID-19 pandemic kept the county jail closed to non-violent criminals.“These are all current…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Child sex abuse charged
Jimenez By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore teenager was arrested recently by county sheriff’s investigators after a brief probe into charges he encouraged a toddler to fondle his private parts.Details are sketchy, but Escambia County Sheriff’s Office records show that Kevin Dalton Jimenez, 18, of a Bama Road address, is charged with one count of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.Court documents show the sexual…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Reward offered
Classic Impala from ‘Bubba Cruz 4’ stolen, burned At this year’s Bubba Cruz 4 parade. The car was burn almost beyond recognition. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While authorities continued this week to look for clues, members of the Lottie community’s Ardis family continued to wonder who might have stolen a classic Chevrolet Impala last week, parked it beside a rural road, then set fire to it.One of the sleekest…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
City talking with new broadband provider
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members approved during their Monday (August 9) meeting the first step in the eventual purchase of a new piece of equipment for the streets and sanitation department. The council also approved the designation of nearly two dozen vehicles as surplus.But it was comments made after the brief meeting that raised the most eyebrows.After the meeting was formally adjourned, Mayor Jim Staff asked…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Would-be smuggler arrested at Fountain
Shack By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer State corrections officers arrested a Calhoun County man last Friday, July 29, for apparently trying to smuggle marijuana and other controlled substances into Fountain Correctional Facility. The man apparently was a state inmate until recently and reportedly returned to the prison to visit a former barracks-mate.Joseph Lorenzo Shack, 44, of Anniston was arrested by Alabama Department of Corrections officers or investigators. According to Escambia…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago