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Former cop Isaac Lopez gets 10-year prison stint
Lopez By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Former Atmore and Flomaton policeman Isaac R. Lopez was recently ordered by a Florida judge to serve 10 years in the Sunshine State’s penal system in exchange for his guilty plea to trafficking in amphetamine.Court documents show the former lawman entered a guilty plea before Judge Coleman Robison to one count each of trafficking in more than 28 grams and less than 200 grams…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Felony arrests
Duo jailed after woman rolls blunt next to detective’s vehicle Reed Carlock Sanspree Boutwell.jpg December 26, 2023 By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile County man and woman were arrested December 18 on felony drug possession charges after one of them calmly rolled a blunt (a cigar in which the tobacco is replaced with marijuana) as she sat in a car unknowingly parked next to an Atmore Police Department investigator’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Christmas in Candyland crowd exceeds room limits
A youngster tries out one of the tricycles given away at the event. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When the number of children who attended the Change of Mind Christmas program began to crowd the local outreach ministry’s Wilson Avenue headquarters, founder Betty Cox found a larger place for the holiday program.If this year’s event is any indication, she might soon have to find an even larger venue.Children, along with…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Lions honored
Renee Hardy, left, Buck Powell Joyce Petty, left, Renee Hardy By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club held its last meeting of 2023 on December 20 in the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall. The meeting was also the occasion of a festive Christmas dinner where members filled their plates with Salisbury steak with grilled onions and gravy, baked potato, cold slaw, rolls, and chocolate pudding layered…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago