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Small crowd celebrates Juneteenth
The crowd, huddled under the thin shade of a small tree, reacts to a statement. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A small crowd of Atmore’s black population braved the pre-summer heat last Saturday (June 15) to mark the official date on which slavery ended in the United States.“We may not be large in number, but we are here,” said Sandra Gray, who moderated the program and organized the parade that…
Juvenile charged with attempted murder
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have charged a juvenile with attempted murder in connection to a shooting that took place last Friday, June 14, in the city’s northwestern quadrant.The victim, who suffered a single gunshot wound that was labeled “non-life threatening,” is also a juvenile.According to reports, patrol officers were sent to the 300 block of Everette Street around 5:35 p.m. after emergency dispatchers relayed reports that shots…
21st Judicial Circuit Criminal Docket
Judge WhiteDaryl Graves, Stalking 1st; Danyel Etheridge, Sodomy 1st; Mark Leland Musser, UPCS; Clinton Wiggins, UPCS; Adam Countryman, UPCS; Eddie Vernard Jones, UDCS; Darrel Campbell, UDCS, UPOM 1st; David Eugene Kennedy, UPCS; James F. Weaver, Assault 1st; Reco McNeal, Burglary 3rd, UDCS, UPCS; Brandon Samuel, UPCS; Demarcus Brown, Robbery 2nd; William Hamilton, UPCS; Luis Ibarra, UPCS; Deidra Dee Maden, Facilitating Escape; Charles Franklin Jones, Sex Abuse 1st;Brandon Pugh, Burglary 3rd,…
Felony arrests
Atmore man charged after meth, kratom, fentanyl found at license check By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) this week, arrested June 10 at a license checkpoint when he was found to be in possession of at least three illicit substances, one of which he tried to discard before lawmen found it. Ward Atmore Police Department reports show that city officers…