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Clerical error frees wrong Fountain inmate
Gable By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) officials confirmed late last week that reports of 31-year-old Fountain Correctional Facility inmate Corey Daniel Gable’s escape from the facility were issued after Fountain officials discovered a clerical error that caused them to release the wrong inmate.“On May 31, 2022, Corey Daniel Gable, a 31-year-old inmate serving a 20-year-sentence for (first-degree) assault out of Mobile County at Fountain Correctional…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Separate incidents lead to arrest of men for felony domestic violence
Bowens Martin By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two men, including an Atmore man who was arrested for at least the fourth time on similar charges, found themselves under felony arrest recently after city police responded to separate domestic incidents.The first incident took place May 24, and the offender was well known to local authorities.Atmore Police Department reports show that officers were sent to a local residence, where the woman living…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Troopers report 4 traffic fatalities, 3 drownings over Memorial Day
Special to Atmore News Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) troopers investigated four traffic deaths and three marine-related events (drownings) during this past Memorial Day weekend travel period, which began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, May 27, and ended at midnight Monday, May 30.During the extended holiday, three drivers and one motorcyclist were killed in traffic crashes on Alabama roadways.Although two were not using seat belts at the time of their crashes,…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Atmore man, 2 others from area denied parole
Finklea Buckley Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man who served two years in prison for shooting and robbing a man during a poker game in 2015, will apparently spend five more years behind bars after he and two other local men were denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Eurecka Finklea, now 32, was convicted in 2019 of first-degree assault and sentenced…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
More gun control is not the answer
Congressman Jerry Carl Like many of you, I grew up around guns and was taught to respect them and always treat them safely. I believe I got my first gun when I was 8, and I’ve been a collector ever since. As a young boy and later as a teenager, I spent much of my time after school or work in the woods hunting, fishing, learning about nature, and learning…
by Submitted Article access_time4 years ago