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Atmore man arrested for 1st-degree theft
Garrick Hunnicutt Riley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer No details were available on the arrest by this week’s press deadline, but the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) website shows that Poarch Creek Indians police arrested an Atmore man on charges he stole property valued at more than $2,500.According to the website, 46-year-old Christopher Damon Garrick was processed into the county jail on May 7 on one count of first-degree theft.Theft…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Omission in published Voters List
We printed the Escambia County Voters List in this week’s edition (May 4) of Atmore News, however we inadvertently left out one page. Those names are listed here, and this page will be printed in next week’s Atmore News. We deeply regret the error. EREMY SCOTT GUNNMARLIN GUNNJOHNNIE THOMAS GUYTONJOHNNY THOMAS GUYTON JRJONCHRISTIAN B GUYTONMIKAELA G GUYTONSHIRLEY GUYTONCHARLES HADLEYDAVID HADLEYJOSHUA BRICE HADLEYLINDA BURNETT HADLEYLINDA JOHNSON HADLEYMAZIE KING HADLEYVIRA H HADLEYWILLIAM…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Arrested for stealing railroad iron
Bell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Century, Fla. man was arrested in Escambia County, Ala., for the fifth time in less than three years after Atmore police caught him red-handed as he loaded surplus iron from a railroad maintenance project into his truck.Police reports show the incident happened around 7:35 p.m. on April 26. An APD investigator and a patrol officer were sent to the area of Highway 31…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Pets slain
APD investigating bow-and-arrow killings By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators are trying to track down the person or persons who used a bow and arrow to kill two family pets in the backyards of separate residences in the city’s southwestern quadrant.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said police have confirmed the two reported kills and are trying to determine whether there have been others.“We’re still working on it,” Brooks said.…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Mental Health Walk is Saturday
News Staff Report May is Mental Health Awareness Month across the U.S., and a Mental Health Awareness Walkathon will be held in Atmore this Saturday, May 7.The event was organized by Marlo Young, Mental Health Services Coordinator for the Escambia County School System. It will begin at 9 a.m. at the former YMCA building on Pensacola Avenue, and participants will walk to Tom Byrne Park, where a Mental Health Awareness…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago