Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

ECSO deputy arrested
Lambeth By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson confirmed April 10 reports that a county deputy was arrested last week for engaging in sex with an inmate who was in his custody.Jackson said a complaint was received on April 4 that an Escambia County deputy had sexual contact with an inmate who was being transported to jail.After an investigation and “thorough review” were conducted, ECSO Patrol…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Wind beneath their wings
Coastal glider enthusiasts transfer operations to local airport Bolyard, flying the group’s tow plane, gently pulls a sailplane off the ground. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore residents have grown accustomed since January to a significant increase in air traffic that occurs nearly every Saturday in the sky over Atmore Municipal Airport. It appears the situation will remain about the same for some time, now that a group of Gulf…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Parole board rejects Perdido, Brewton men
Dinkins Hadley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Perdido man convicted in 2007 of shooting at a woman with a crossbow, and a Brewton man who set several fires in a Brewton hotel, were each turned down for parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Randy Hadley was initially charged with attempted murder but was eventually sentenced to serve 20 years for first-degree assault. Arrest reports…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Pensacola duo charged with trafficking in crack cocaine
Jenkins Ducree By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Pensacola, Fla. man and woman were each charged with drug trafficking after an April 6, midday traffic stop by Atmore police along South Main Street led to the discovery of more than an ounce of crack cocaine.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported the incident began around 12:55 p.m. when an APD patrol officer saw a vehicle whose driver failed to stop…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Felony pot charges for4-wheeler driver
Jones By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, the subject of an outstanding warrant based on revocation of his bond on a previous charge, now faces pot, pistol and paraphernalia possession charges after local police pulled over the all-terrain vehicle he was driving along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on April 6.The incident began around 1:40 p.m. when an Atmore Police Department patrol officer saw a four-wheeler being driven…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago