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Bank robber pleads guilty to bribing ECDC officer
Young By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Selma man, already convicted and sentenced to 17 years in prison for robbing a South Alabama bank two years ago, was ordered to serve an additional 30 months after admitting that he bribed an Escambia County Detention Center officer while being held in the facility.Stanley Young, 34, entered a guilty plea to the federal bank robbery charge in June. While being held in…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Domestic incident leads to felony drug arrest
Harris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 28-year-old Atmore man was arrested September 28 on a felony drug charge after city police responded to a report of a domestic incident at a house on Bragg Street.Police were called to the residence around 1:35 p.m. after the suspect, D’Darrius Harris, had refused to leave his ex-girlfriend’s home. Harris also told the responding officer he wasn’t going to leave.When the policeman approached…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Balloon release for childhood cancer
Raising awareness The teachers at First Baptist Church Preschool held a balloon release for the kids Friday, September 30, for their Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness campaign. They do this every year in honor of children with cancer. This year, they especially remembered and honored Ana Lois Mercer, who could not be there due to her illness.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Split vote
BOE rejects proposed $60K car purchase for superintendent By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Members of the Escambia County Board of Education voted — though not unanimously — during the BOE’s September 22 meeting to spend just under $94,000 for new vehicles to be driven by the school system’s three second-tier administrators but rejected a proposal to spend nearly $60,000 for a new vehicle for Superintendent Michele McClung. After a…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Parking dispute leads to attempted murder charge
Patterson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local woman was arrested September 21 and charged with attempted murder after a dispute over a parking spot at a local apartment complex escalated into a shooting incident.APD reports show that the suspect, 37-year-old Brandie Webb Patterson of Atmore, began arguing with a neighbor and several of the neighbor’s friends around 3:15 p.m., in the 200 block of Patterson Street, in reference to…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago