Don Fletcher

City moves ahead on grass, weed mitigation
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council — sitting one member short due to District 2’s Jerome Webster being out of town — gave Codes Enforcement officers the go-ahead to proceed with the process of cutting the grass and weeds from overgrown properties that were previously declared public nuisances.Letters were sent to each of the property owners, and the resolution to declare the properties nuisances was advertised in local…
Atmore woman busted after trying to avoid road check
Lewis News Staff Report An Atmore woman was arrested August 13 and charged with felony drug possession and driving under the influence of alcohol after she reportedly tried to drive away from a Flomaton Police Department roadblock.Publish reports indicate that 38-year-old Fenetrias Lewis pulled up to the FPD checkpoint, which was conducted from midnight through 1 a.m. at Old Atmore Road and Tulip Street in Flomaton. When officers noticed a…
Local man jailed for felony stalking
McKenzie By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested August 16 on several charges, including five felony warrants for stalking his ex-girlfriend, after he twice returned to a property from which he had been legally banned.Police reports show that officers were sent to a 5th Avenue residence around 11 p.m. after the woman reported the presence of her former boyfriend, against whom she has a protection order. The…
Man hits ex-wife with baseball bat
Reynolds By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the county jail late Monday, August 22, two days after he allegedly used a baseball bat to settle an argument with his ex-wife.Atmore Police Department reports show that 28-year-old LaKeith Reynolds, 28, was arrested August 20 after a woman, once married to Reynolds but separated and not currently living with him, came to police headquarters around 6 p.m. and…
Trespass, traffic stop result in drug arrests
Brown Davis By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men, an Atmore woman and a Century, Fla. woman were arrested last week on felony drug possession charges after separate incidents handled by Atmore police.The first occurred on August 16, when officers were sent around 4:50 p.m. to a Wilson Avenue residence in response to a trespassing complaint involving a family member who had previously been trespassed from the property by…