Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

APD investigating shooting death
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police are awaiting the results of forensics tests from the state crime lab to determine whether foul play might have been involved in the July 26 shooting death of an 84-year-old Atmore man. Police Chief Chuck Brooks said in a July 29 press release that tests on evidence sent to the state crime lab will determine the direction the investigation takes. Until then,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Back behind bars
Pedophile’s phone has 1,000-plus child porn images By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A local man, listed on the state and federal sex offender registries for the past decade, remained in jail under a $1 million bond this week after his recent arrest by state, federal and local officers who found evidence that the man was back to his old habits. According to a press release from Alabama Law Enforcement…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Atmore woman’s death attributed to crash
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama State Troopers reported late last week that an Atmore woman succumbed to injuries she suffered July 18 when the 1997 Ford Mustang in which she was riding left a rural roadway and struck a tree, a finding that the victim’s family contends is not true. Troopers reported in a July 25 “Delayed Fatality Report” that Victoria Skye DeSilvey, 28, “died from her injuries…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
PCI, ECHCA swap land
3 council members upset when left out of loop By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A trio of city council members, each of whom opposed the proposed donation of 10 acres of city land at Rivercane for a new hospital, are up in arms after learning of the land swap negotiated last week by Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Escambia County Healthcare Authority. Under the swap, Poarch traded 10…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
APD investigating possible homicide
Atmore police are still probing the Friday (July 26) shooting death of an 84-year-old Atmore man, trying to determine if foul play is involved. Results of tests on evidence sent to the state crime lab will determine the direction the investigation takes. In a press release issued today (Monday, July 29), Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said what started out as a death investigation “will be processed as a homicide…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago