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Samuel Jones Montgomery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Brewton men, each convicted in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court, were denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.Dayvon Ladarious Samuel, who is currently housed at Ventress Correctional Facility, was convicted in 2020 of first-degree escape from an undisclosed facility. He was sentenced to 15 years and has served barely two but has built up 1,273…

Special to Atmore News Troopers within Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol and Marine Patrol divisions spent the extended Independence Day weekend patrolling Alabama roadways and waterways, while ALEA pilots kept an eye on the state’s Gulf Coast beaches from the air.During the holiday period, which began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 1, and ended at midnight Monday, July 4, highway patrol troopers investigated eight traffic fatalities, with crashes occurring…

Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Fountain Correctional Facility inmate who escaped from the facility June 12 is back behind bars.Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced that Edward Cortez Williams, 41, was recaptured early last Friday, July 8, in the same county as he was convicted in 2004. He was serving a life sentence (999 years, 99 months, 99 days) that was imposed after he was convicted of six…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Anyone who arrived more than a minute after 4 p.m. missed most of Monday’s Atmore City Council meeting.Mayor Pro Tem Shawn Lassiter (District 4) was out of town on business and unable to attend the meeting, but he didn’t miss much.The mayor and the four council members in attendance neither discussed nor voted on any business item during the meeting, which lasted barely 3 minutes…