Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Skeletal remains those of Va. woman missing since ’18
Saunders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Forensics scientists at the state crime lab have identified skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Conecuh County last December as those of a Virginia woman who disappeared while traveling to Monroeville in 2018.According to an April 23 press release issued jointly by Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson, Conecuh County Sheriff Randy Brock, and Monroe County Sheriff Tom Boatwright, the remains are those…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
APD seeks suspect in Sunday shooting
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police are looking for a local man in connection with a Sunday night shooting that left two men injured, including his brother, who was critically wounded.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said in a Tuesday, April 27, press release that Scottie Dale Robinson, 28, is believed to have fired the shots. Robinson, who was not yet in custody when the release was issued, is being sought…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
No early release for long-time inmates
Thomason Swint By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two state inmates, including one who was convicted of killing an Escambia County man in 2005, were denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles.Darryl Swint, who is in his 27th year of state confinement, and Ian Lamar Thomason, who has been behind bars for almost 12 years, were turned down in their respective bids for early release.Swint,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Gaming bill passes Senate, but voter consideration still long way off
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer State Senator Greg Albritton, who helped put together the comprehensive statewide gaming bill that recently passed the Alabama Senate, said this week there were two solid reasons he pushed for passage of the legislation.“First off, if it gets to the people, I think it will be voted in overwhelmingly,” Albritton, who resides in Atmore, said prior to the Monday (April 19) meeting of the county’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Mother clarifies son’s death
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although no official entity had confirmed it by midday Tuesday, the mother of an Atmore trucker who died April 6 while hauling rock in his tractor-trailer rig, said her son was dead before his truck ever made contact with any structure.The woman, who did not want her name published, said 52-year-old Larry Dean Milliken Jr. died of a heart attack, not as a result of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago