Category: Headlines

Durgan By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile man was arrested on several charges after his ex-girlfriend reported to Atmore police that the man had stolen her vehicle.An officer was sent to the woman’s Martin Luther King Drive residence, where the occupant told police that her vehicle had been stolen and she believed her ex-boyfriend was responsible.An APD investigator contacted the victim again the next day, and she reported that…

Lowery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man was arrested just before sunrise Sunday, July 10, on felony drug possession charges after an Atmore Police Department patrol officer spotted a vehicle traveling along Industrial Drive without taillights.APD reports show that a traffic stop was conducted, and the officer discovered Timothy Lowery, 47, of Atmore did not have a valid driver’s license.The officer also noticed that Lowery was “acting strangely,”…

Sanders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An elderly Atmore man, held in the Escambia County (Fla,) Jail since February 2021 for trying to run down several law enforcement officers with his car, has been extradited to Alabama to face charges here.The Escambia County Detention Center website shows that 75-year-old Lem Roy Sanders, who is said to suffer from an undisclosed mental illness, was processed into the facility July 8 on…

Local, state, federal officers looking for Rayvon Madison Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police and officers from several state and federal agencies continued this week their search for 31-year-old Atmore resident Rayvon Desha Madison.Madison is wanted on warrants charging him with attempted murder and “numerous other charges” related to a domestic incident that occurred just after midnight on June 20 and included shots being fired. Police have not…

Former resident killed when truck slams into disabled vehicle Ray Singleton’s truck is at left; Barnes’ truck is at right with tow truck By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A well-known and respected former Atmore resident was killed in a bizarre mishap that occurred during the predawn hours of Sunday (July 3) when the man’s disabled pickup was struck by another pickup as a wrecker was preparing to tow the first…