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Peeping Tom
Atmore man charged Boyter By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man is free on $100,000 bond after an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigation determined that he was engaged in illegal surveillance of a young woman.Robert Gray Boyter, 32, was arrested May 26 and charged with one count of aggravated criminal surveillance, a Class A misdemeanor under Alabama law. He was released from the Escambia County Detention Center May 28,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Such a tragedy
Child succumbs after being pulled from pool Jaidan News Staff Report The Atmore area is mourning the loss of another child after a 4-year-old Walnut Hill boy succumbed last weekend to the effects of falling into a residential swimming pool.Authorities in Escambia County, Fla. reported that Jaidan Peters passed away Saturday, June 5, four days after he was found unresponsive in the pool.The accident occurred around 6:45 p.m., June 1,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of June 6, 2021
Murry Hill  Hill Mr. Murry Hill, Jr., age 85, of Atmore, Ala., (Freemanville Community) passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021 at Atmore Nursing Center.  A native of Atmore, he was a peace dye technician at Masland Carpet. A member of Destiny Worship Center, and an avid Alabama Football fan. In addition to being an Alabama fan he enjoyed hunting (Coon). He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Another Fountain inmate positive for COVID-19
Special to Atmore News Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) officials announced last week that three more state inmates, including one housed at Fountain Correctional Facility near Atmore, have tested positive for COVID-19.The other two new cases were reported at Draper Quarantine Intake Facility in Elmore, Alabama) – two (2) inmates.Newly identified positive case(s) include inmates who are symptomatic and inmates who are asymptomatic. All existing quarantine protocols held in-place or…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
No parole for lifer, convicted burglar
McFarley Peters By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two longtime state inmates, each of whom was convicted in Escambia County of crimes committed while they were already behind bars, were denied parole during hearings held recently by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles.James Christopher McFarley, who turned or will turn 52 this year, has spent more than 30 of the past 32 years in jail or prison. He was sentenced…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago