Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Traffic stop leads to drug arrest
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Two Atmore men were arrested April 29 after an unspecified quantity of marijuana was discovered inside a vehicle that was stopped for a minor traffic violation. Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported that Brian Jerrell Brown, 33, and Frederick Williams, 38, were each taken into custody after the vehicle was finally stopped by a patrol officer who spotted the violation. “Around three a.m., an officer…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Country Place closing
Residents must find new accommodations by May 29 By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore-area senior citizens who can no longer completely care for themselves will have one less residency option at the end of this month when Country Place Senior Living closes its doors. The assisted living facility, which opened here in November 2015 with plans to provide a “welcoming, well-designed, homelike environment” focused on the needs of older…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Bus driver arrested
Video provides probable cause for harassment charge By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Escambia County school bus driver was arrested last week on a misdemeanor charge after he physically accosted an elementary school student who was a passenger on the bus. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed that 75-year-old Arthur “Bud” Lambeth was charged in Atmore Municipal Court with one count of harassment. Under Alabama Code Section 13-A-11-8, harassment…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Arrest of school bus driver confirmed
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed today (Wednesday May 2) that an Escambia County Schools bus driver was arrested this morning on a misdemeanor charge in connection with his physical accosting of a student on the bus. Brooks said Arthur “Bud” Lambeth, 75, was charged in Atmore Municipal Court with one count of simple harassment. Under Alabama Code 13-A-11-8, harassment occurs when a person, “with intent to harass, annoy, or…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Two injured in bizarre accident on Jack Springs Road
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Statistically, most traffic accidents occur within 25 miles of a person’s home or job. But a two-car collision that happened April 24 just off Jack Springs Road provided a Freemanville man and an Atmore woman with living proof that wrecks sometimes occur a lot closer than that. Kenneth R. Staples, 30, and Margaret Lymon, 60, each were taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago