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Man tries to entice teens into car at casino
Pellegrini By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Monroe County man was arrested July 23 by Poarch Creek Police Department officers, and is charged with stalking two teenage girls and an adult woman and trying to talk the females into his car during an incident that took place in the parking lot of Wind Creek Casino & Hotel.Escambia County Detention Center records show that 31-year-old Raymond Pellegrini II of Repton remained…
E. Horner drug suspects identified
Carter Bowman Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed today (Friday, Aug. 6) that 25-year-old Dewitt Champ Carter of Atmore and Anna Leigh Bowman, 20, of Bay Minette were the suspects arrested Thursday on felony drug possession charges that evolved from police response to a domestic incident at an East Horner Street residence. Carter is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance (meth and Spice), one count of…
Classic car from ‘Bubba Cruz 4’ stolen, burned; reward offered
One of the sleekest cars in the recent Bubba Cruz 4 parade in honor of “Bubba” Ardis was stolen, apparently during today’s predawn hours (Thursday, August 5), from a Lottie field, then burned and abandoned beside a rural Escambia County road. Sheriff’s reports on the incident were not immediately available, but Thomas Ardis (brother to Bubba Ardis) said the stolen vehicle – a powder blue 1964 SS Chevrolet Impala —…
Shoplifter busted for Spice
Williamson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A wheelchair-bound Atmore man, sought as a shoplifting suspect, also wound up with a felony drug charge after he was found to be in possession of a small amount of synthetic marijuana.Atmore Police Department Capt. John Stallworth reported that city police were called July 22 to Dollar General on South Main Street.The store manager reported that a man in a wheelchair was spotted concealing…