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Pensacola duo charged with trafficking in crack cocaine
Jenkins Ducree By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Pensacola, Fla. man and woman were each charged with drug trafficking after an April 6, midday traffic stop by Atmore police along South Main Street led to the discovery of more than an ounce of crack cocaine.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported the incident began around 12:55 p.m. when an APD patrol officer saw a vehicle whose driver failed to stop…
Sunday crash on I-65claims Bay Minette man
News Staff Report Alabama State Troopers reported Sunday, April 9, that an early morning, single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Bay Minette man near Atmore.Trooper reports show that 43-year-old Danny L. Grant Jr. was fatally injured at approximately 7:25 a.m., when the 2006 Chevrolet Impala he was driving left Interstate 65 at the 55-mile marker, about a mile south of Atmore.No further details were immediately available as troopers continued…
Felony pot charges for4-wheeler driver
Jones By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, the subject of an outstanding warrant based on revocation of his bond on a previous charge, now faces pot, pistol and paraphernalia possession charges after local police pulled over the all-terrain vehicle he was driving along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on April 6.The incident began around 1:40 p.m. when an Atmore Police Department patrol officer saw a four-wheeler being driven…
Atmore woman charged with kratom trafficking
Sells S. Brown Smedley D. Brown McKinley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman remained in the county jail at midweek following her April 1 arrest by Flomaton police on a drug trafficking charge that occurred when she drove into Alabama with a large quantity of a substance that she bought legally in another state.Flomaton Police Department Assistant Chief Dane Nesmith said Shaina Megan Brown, 33, was taken into…
Suspect killed; trooper wounded during shootout
Alford By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer One suspect was killed, two other suspects and a state trooper were injured, during a shootout that took place Sunday evening, April 9, after a chase that began along Interstate 65 in Conecuh County carried into northern Escambia County.According to a press release issued by Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials, the incident occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. when Cpl. Jeremy Alford of ALEA’s Highway…