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Atmore man charged with auto theft
White News Staff Report Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows that an Atmore man remained behind bars late Monday, May 8, after his May 7 arrest on an auto theft charge.The jail website shows that Steven Gage White, 27, was arrested by sheriff’s officers and is charged with one count of first-degree theft of property (auto).First-degree theft occurs when the value of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Underglow lights lead to Spice, Ecstasy bust
K. Pettway M. Pettway Watkins By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men were arrested May 9 on various felony and misdemeanor drug-related charges after the multi-colored under-glow lights on their vehicle attracted the attention of Atmore police.In Alabama, it is legal to have under-glow lighting on your vehicle as long as the colors are white, blue or amber, which colors are legal for all vehicles on the road. However,…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
State K9 handler jailed for child sex abuse
Banda By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Thomas Fonseca Banda, a K9 handler for Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), was arrested May 1 after an Escambia County grand jury handed up an indictment charging him with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.The indictment evolved from an “extensive investigation” launched March 24 by special agents of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), at the request…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Getting control of the border
Congressman Jerry Carl Since President Biden took office, there have been over 5 million illegal crossings at our southern border, and more than 1.3 million illegal immigrants have avoided apprehension at the border, according to Border Patrol sources. The extreme open border policies we have seen from this Administration and Democrats in Congress have turned every city in America into a border city, and we are all seeing a historic…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
Class Day at ECHS
Seniors begin their walk across the lobby to Class Day in the auditorium By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Pomp and Circumstance – the most popular song this time of year as high school seniors attend their last assembly, make their last walk, sit with their friends in just that way a last time.Thursday, May 11, Escambia County High School seniors lined up in the hallway and walked into Hodnette Auditorium for…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago