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Felony arrests
Woman jailed after police find meth, pot in borrowed car Tullis Ferrell Barlow By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was charged with felony and misdemeanor drug offenses after city police, investigating the possible theft of a vehicle, pulled over the vehicle and found illicit substances inside.The incident took place around 10:25 p.m. January 11, when a vehicle that had been reported stolen was spotted in the area of…
Woman victim of scam
By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher The woman sometimes cried as she told her sad story. She was the victim of a scam, and she told her story to keep others from making the same mistake – hopefully.We won’t publish her name. She lives in Bratt. For the purpose of this article, we’ll call her XYZ.Her story began January 11 when she got a phone call from “Publishers Clearinghouse.” She had won…
Fatal intervention
Walker Officers investigate the crime scene. Yellow markers on the ground indicate pieces of evidence such as shell casings. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was shot to death Saturday, January 14, when he stopped his vehicle and tried to break up a scuffle in the middle of a city street.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the city’s first homicide of 2024 took place around 10:55…
Capital murder suspect releasedon eve of trial after 6 years in jail
Rostchild By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, behind bars for the past six years on a capital murder charge, was released from jail on the eve of his scheduled trial date after prosecutors failed to produce the evidence against him.Escambia County Detention Center’s website shows that Yeldon Devonta Rostchild, who was 23 when he was indicted for capital murder in July 2017 and was set to go before…