Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Patterson Street Fun Day
Dozens of kids enjoy free food, interact with lawmen Atmore Police Officer Gordon Brooks helps a youngster slam dunk the ball. Sheriff Heath Jackson, at left, and Police Chief Chuck Brooks pose with the boys who were winners of basketball goals. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Dozens of local youngsters and their parents or guardians enjoyed four hours of food, fun and interaction with law enforcement officers during the second…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
High-speed chase
Atmore man rams APD unit, pursued Ivy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center this week, held under $250,000 bond on an attempted murder charge, after leading Atmore police, Baldwin County deputies and Alabama state troopers on a high-speed chase during which he rammed an unmarked Atmore Police Department vehicle.According to a press release issued August 16, the day of the incident,…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
City moves ahead on grass, weed mitigation
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council — sitting one member short due to District 2’s Jerome Webster being out of town — gave Codes Enforcement officers the go-ahead to proceed with the process of cutting the grass and weeds from overgrown properties that were previously declared public nuisances.Letters were sent to each of the property owners, and the resolution to declare the properties nuisances was advertised in local…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Atmore woman busted after trying to avoid road check
Lewis News Staff Report An Atmore woman was arrested August 13 and charged with felony drug possession and driving under the influence of alcohol after she reportedly tried to drive away from a Flomaton Police Department roadblock.Publish reports indicate that 38-year-old Fenetrias Lewis pulled up to the FPD checkpoint, which was conducted from midnight through 1 a.m. at Old Atmore Road and Tulip Street in Flomaton. When officers noticed a…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Local man jailed for felony stalking
McKenzie By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested August 16 on several charges, including five felony warrants for stalking his ex-girlfriend, after he twice returned to a property from which he had been legally banned.Police reports show that officers were sent to a 5th Avenue residence around 11 p.m. after the woman reported the presence of her former boyfriend, against whom she has a protection order. The…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago