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Flomaton woman caught with meth
A 40-year-old Flomaton woman was arrested by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office narcotics officers who found an unspecified quantity of a substance that tested positive for crystal amphetamine. Sheriff’s office reports show that Bethanie Cash Ward of a McMurphy Drive address was arrested August 24 after she was stopped for driving her BMW erratically on a rural roadway. Ward was reportedly stopped around 11 a.m. “because she crossed the center line”…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Slaying in Perdido – Alleged killer, victim are former Atmore residents
Baldwin County authorities charged a Perdido man who formerly lived in Atmore with murder in the early morning, August 22, slaying of a Perdido man who also formerly lived in Atmore. Justin Bryan Still, 31, is accused of shooting 25-year-old Christopher Allen to death after an argument over money that Allen claimed Still owed him for some work he had done for a man with whom authorities say he had…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Court docket set
The following cases are on the criminal docket for the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit for Monday, September 11, through Friday, September 22. Courtroom One Shelton Forney, trafficking – synthetics; Pete Anthony Jimenez, TOP 2nd, RSP 1st x 4; Roman David Pierce, sex abuse child <12; Taconius Stallworth, UPCS; Sean Te’Andre Knight, PPC 1st; Lee Ernest Watson, UPCS; Joseph Montreal Kiser, UPOM 1st; Woodie Carroll, Jr., DV strangulation; Selinda Bell, trafficking /…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Waffle House employee charged with card fraud
A former employee of an Atmore restaurant was recently arrested and charged with stealing account information from at least one customer’s debit or credit card. According to Escambia County Detention Center records, 23-year-old Ladarius Hester, of a Tatom Avenue address in Atmore, was arrested last week by Atmore Police Department investigators and booked into the jail on one count of fraudulent use of a credit or debit card. Jail records show…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Former casino worker, mother sentenced
A former employee of Wind Creek Casino and her mother, both of whom entered a guilty plea in federal court to charges they conspired to embezzle more than half a million dollars from the casino through the transference of “free play” credits, have been sentenced. Documents signed by Senior Judge Callie V.S. Granade of Alabama’s Southern District Court ordered that Jasmine Hansell, 26, who reportedly masterminded the scheme, serve a…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago