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Former tire shop owner arrested for $15K theft
Rowland By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Former Atmore businessman Christopher Michael Rowland, who was forced to sell his business, Rowland Tire Shop, four years ago after being charged by a supplier with theft by deception, has been arrested again after funds were discovered missing from another local tire company for which he used to work.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported Tuesday morning, December 12, that Rowland was arrested on…
Council approves land purchases, options
By DON FLETCHER and SHERRY DIGMON Four Atmore City Council members gave the green light during the panel’s final meeting of 2023 to the purchase of a small triangle of land and authorized options to purchase another 125 acres, contingent on obtaining grants from the Alabama Site Evaluation and Economic Development Strategy (SEEDS) Act.The groundbreaking and highly competitive grant program’s goal is to expedite the development of economic and industrial…
Local man charged with felony domestic violence
James By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested December 8 after city police were sent to investigate a reported domestic violence incident on Lee Street.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said officers were sent to a residence on the street’s 600 block around 5:20 p.m. on December 7. They arrived to discover that Jeremiah Antron James, 36, had kicked in the front door to his ex-girlfriend’s residence…
Life+30 for man convicted of 2018 Walnut Hill murder
C.A. Stacey By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, one of four people arrested more than five years ago in connection to the fatal shooting of a Florida man and the shooting of another man who survived his wounds, was recently convicted by an Escambia County, Fla. jury and sentenced by a Florida judge to serve life-plus-30-years in prison.Christopher Alan Stacey, 42, who is listed on court papers and…