Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

‘Rapid response’ by AFD can’t save Harris Street home
AFD Capt. Zack Stewart pries a piece of smoldering soffit from the house. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Reports Despite one of the swiftest responses in agency history, Atmore firefighters were unable to save a burning Harris Street home last week.Fire Chief Ron Peebles said AFD units were pulling up to the fire site when emergency dispatchers sounded the alarm.“We had a one-minute response,” Peebles said. “Our guys were actually pulling…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
City plans to unveil new website next week
Chris Walker has been working on the new site for nearly eight months. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer If everything goes as planned, City of Atmore officials will unveil next week a new, more functional and more user-friendly website that will allow the public to air grievances, pay bills and perform other functions not previously available online.The unveiling, scheduled for Tuesday, March 28, will mark the culmination of an eight-month…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Grand theft auto(s)
Woman takes ex-husband’s truck, steals Good Samaritan’s car By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman remained in the Escambia County (Fla.) Jail March 21, charged with taking her ex-husband’s truck without his permission, driving it until it ran out of gas, then abandoning it and stealing the car of a man who stopped to assist her.Toni Marie Gibson, 27, of a Red Eagle Drive address, is charged with one…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Women sleeping in car get rude awakening
Harris Barnhill By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile woman and a Flomaton woman got a rude awakening March 19 after an Atmore police officer found them asleep in a car parked at a Church Street parking lot, with drugs and drug paraphernalia clearly visible inside the car.The officer, who was sent to the site after dispatchers received a report of a “suspicious vehicle,” observed two females — later identified…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Out-of-state residents arrested with pot, heroin, meth
Lowe Arnold Little Mancuso By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Pennsylvania residents and a North Carolina resident were arrested March 10 on numerous felony drug charges after Atmore police stopped a car for speeding.According to police reports, the car was pulled over around 3:10 p.m. at Tom Byrne Park. As the vehicle came to a stop, an individual later identified as 21-year-old Edward Luther Lowe of Erie, Pa., jumped out…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago