Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Friday storm brings back memories of Hurricane Sally
This Harris Street home was one of dozens onto which trees and limbs fell during the storm. Debris from an outbuilding litters a farm field off Bell Fork Road. The area was one of the hardest hit during the Friday morning storm. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Thunderstorms, many of them violent, have been a constant in and around Atmore and the surrounding area for the past week. Forecasters say…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
In-home aide jailed for using disabled woman’s card
Morrow By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman assigned by her agency to assist a disabled elderly woman in the woman’s home, has been arrested for using the woman’s debit card more than a dozen times to divert money to her personal use.According to Atmore Police Department reports, the victim contacted city police in April “in reference to several fraudulent transactions on her checking account.”An APD investigator determined the…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Felony arrests
Teacher charged with forgery, theft Pugh Arnold Coleman Carland Woods By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Northview High School English teacher, who was also treasurer and bookkeeper for a Northwest Escambia (Fla.) Little League Baseball program at Bradberry Park, surrendered to Escambia County, Ala. authorities June 13 after an investigation that began in Florida determined she stole nearly $17,000 from the league’s bank account, then either cashed checks or used…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Parole denied for area sex offenders
Cunningham Butler By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two sex offenders sentenced in Escambia County Circuit Court to life in prison with the possibility of parole — a Flomaton man and a man whose city of residence could not be determined — were each turned down for supervised release from prison after recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The pair have spent a collective 78 years behind bars.Dewayne…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Diabetic distress?
Did drop in blood sugar spark public intoxication arrest? Angela White’s vehicle went over the curb in parking lot. White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Editor’s note: The staff of Atmore News is in no way trying to discredit the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in this matter. Nor are we taking the side of the victim. An Atmore man whose wife was arrested recently by an unidentified deputy sheriff for…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago