Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Apprehended
Elusive local auto thefts suspect in custody Ward By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police now know why a man who stole two vehicles and tried to steal three other modes of transportation last weekend was so desperate to flee from authorities. Sgt. Darrell McMann, an Atmore Police Department investigator, reported early Tuesday, February 20, that 26-year-old Justin Daniel Ward, the man believed to be responsible for a series…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
2nd local man arrested in Jan. slaying on MLK
Frye By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police officers and agents of the U.S. Marshals Service took 30-year-old Cleo Frye III of Atmore into custody around 4 p.m. last Thursday, February 15, making him the second person charged in the January 13 shooting death of Atmore resident Okeema McCants.Based on the number of shell casings found at the scene, the 39-year-old Atmore man was shot more than a dozen times…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Felony arrests
Fairhope man charged with oxycodone, pot possession By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Williams A Fairhope man was arrested on felony and misdemeanor drug charges after an Atmore police officer spotted a car without taillights that was swerving as it traveled along Alabama 21 in the predawn hours of February 10.Atmore police reports show a traffic stop was conducted near the highway’s intersection with Sunset Drive around 3:35 a.m.The reporting officer…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Feb. 12 crash claims Poarch man, 87
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials finally released last Wednesday, February 14, a statement on a two-vehicle crash that happened late Monday morning, February 12, and claimed the life of an 87-year-old local man.According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the fatal crash occurred at approximately 10:50 a.m. on Jack Springs Road, near where the county traffic artery crosses over Interstate 65, about three miles north of…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Council extends timber contract date
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In the only action taken during the Atmore City Council’s Monday, February 12, meeting, council members approved an extension of the deadline for completing a contract to cut city-owned timber near Atmore Industrial Park.District 3’s Eunice Johnson was unable to attend the meeting, but the other four council members gave unanimous approval to the measure, which stretches the date of completion for the timber harvesting…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago