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An Atmore man wanted for shooting two people Sunday night, apparently fired at a third Monday and led law enforcement on a high speed chase that ended when the suspect crashed on Interstate 65 in Conecuh County. Scottie Dale Robinson, 28, remained in an unidentified hospital Wednesday from injuries he suffered in the crash. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said at 10:48 p.m. Sunday, the Atmore Police Department received a call from Atmore Community Hospital in regard to a patient showing up in...
Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson said skeletal remains found Dec. 26, 2020, in Conecuh County have been positively identified as the remains of Shari Saunders who had left Norfolk, Va., on Aug 4, 2018, to travel to Monroeville to visit with family members. Saunders' vehicle was found Aug. 13, 2018, on a dirt road off of Canaan Church Road in Conecuh County. Jackson said a search of the area was completed by the Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe County sheriff's offices but Saunders was...
Kay Wagner said all systems are on go for Saturday's clean-up day at the Flomaton Cemetery and said she's been overwhelmed by the people who have already been doing work and those who plan to be there Saturday, May 1. “I'm amazingly surprised with the number of people who have already been there and done some things,” Wagner said. “They not only cleaned their family plots, but other plots as well.” Wagner said the clean-up is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and people are asked to just show up an...
As COVID-19 numbers begin to rise, residents will have two opportunities to receive free vaccinations this weekend in Flomaton and Poarch. Flomaton Medical Center Pharmacy on Highway 113, will be holding a vaccine clinic Saturday, June 24 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians will be holding a clinic from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15. According to information released by the Escambia County (Ala.) Heath Care Authority, there have been 37 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in...
A correctional officer at the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton was arrested Friday, April 16, on charges of using her position for personal gain after being accused of accepting money to smuggle synthetic marijuana (spice) and methamphetamine into the detention center. Bethany Meagan Whiting, 36, 32319 Highway 31, Brewton, was issued a bond of $100,000. Sheriff Heath Jackson said Whiting was accused of smuggling drugs into the detention center while she was working as a correctional o...
The cities of Brewton and East Brewton, along with the Escambia County Commission are sponsoring events around today's official Earth Day with clean-up opportunities that include providing trash bags for citizens or groups to pick up litter along county rights-of-way. The county commission is providing trash bags for individuals, groups and clubs to pick up trash along the road. Full bags can be left along the road and will be picked up. Commissioners said anyone needing bags can call them and a...
Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson is issuing a warning: there will be zero tolerance for motorists passing stopped school buses while the bus' emergency lights and stop sign are visible. "We have received numerous complaints in regard to vehicles passing buses while they were stopped to load and unload children," Thompson said. "This is very unacceptable and against the law." Thompson noted that Alabama law requires the driver of a vehicle to stop while either approaching or passing a school...
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The printed edition of the Tri-City Ledger has an incorrect date for availability of the COVID-19 vaccine; the free vaccination clinic at Flomaton Medical Center Pharmacy will be held Saturday, April 24. Call 251-296-0001.) Flomaton Medical Center Pharmacy will be holding a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, May 24, at the pharmacy, located on Highway 113 in Flomaton. Owner Danny Cottrell said there will be 120 Moderna shots available free of charge. The clinic will begin at 8...
Carrie Moore, who has served as the clerk for the city of Evergreen since 2017, was hired by the Flomaton Town Council last Thursday as the new town clerk for Flomaton. Moore said she lacks two classes to become a certified clerk in Alabama. The 1999 graduate of W.S. Neal High School, received a bachelor's degree in business from Troy University. She also said she's four classes away from receiving her master's degree in business administration. A native of Escambia County (Ala.), Moore was...
During Thursday afternoon's Flomaton Town Council meeting, Councilwoman Kay Wagner announced that plans for a May 1 clean-up day at the Flomaton Cemetery are a go and she already has people and groups committed to helping. She said she has small American flags the Boy Scouts have committed to place on veterans' grave sites, but is still encouraging others to help. She said this was not a town of Flomaton event, but is seeking help from people in the community to volunteer to help. She said the...
An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death of a Flomaton man who collapsed while turkey hunting and was later pronounced dead at the scene. Dempsey Leon Hadley, 27, died April 10, while hunting in the Wallace Community off of Rawls Road. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said deputies responded to a medical emergency and upon arrival were advised that two turkey hunters were walking in the woods when Hadley got overheated, fell to the ground and stopped breathing. His hunting...
Although no action was taken, the Century Town Council discussed the recent discovery that the Carver Community Center still belongs to the Escambia County Board of Education and how it will effect the town's application for a COVID grant for $1.5 million to renovate it. According to Interim City Manager Vernon Prather, the building was assumed to belong to the town, but the recent grant opportunity has brought the question of who the real owner is. Council members expressed concern about who...
A Mountain Brook man was arrested Sunday in Flomaton on multiple charges after getting into an engine of a train, tampering with controls and later unhooking airlines between rail cars and causing other damage. Randal Wayne Shugart, 45, 2508 Mountain Brook Circle, was arrested by Flomaton police and charged with criminal mischief I, breaking and entering a motorized vehicle, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Flomaton Police Chief Chance...
A suspect fleeing the East Brewton police died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head as officers were setting up a permitter to apprehend the suspect. East Brewton Police Chief Kenny Brazille said the incident began about 3 p.m. Sunday when an officer spotted a vehicle and recognized the driver as some he knew had a suspended driver's license. The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle that pulled into the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. He said the officer called for...
A Brewton man his being held on $1 million bond on multiple drug charges that include unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of marijuana I and trafficking in synthetic marijuana. Willie Ervin McCants, Jr., 51, 1566 Ridge Road, who said he was on probation at the time, was arrested by Brewton police on the multiple charges. According to court records, on April 5, 2021, McCants, while at or near Mildred Street in Brewton,...
A Brewton area man who was arrested last April for violating Alabama's Sexual Offender Notification Act, now faces four additional SORNA violations and has been jailed on $100,000 bond. Marcus Devan Paul, 22, who listed his address as 'homeless' during a bond hearing was charged with violating the notification act by not having a valid identification as required by law, changing addresses without notifying authorities, failing to appear in February for his quarterly reporting and was not at his...
Escambia County Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain said the requests for passports and the renewal of passports is picking up after a year stagnated by COVID-19, but Fountain says he issues a warning to anybody who travels out of the country and plans to arrive back via an airline. Although the U.S. State Department encourages U.S. citizens to stop non-essential travel at this time, traveling out of the country is still permissible, but getting back in could be a problem. Fountain, who also...
The East Brewton Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating three suspects who were involved in the Monday morning break-in at Cottrell's Home Town Pharmacy who are believed to have left the scene driving a Chevrolet Cobalt. Police Chief Kenny Brazille said the police department received a 911 call about 1:30 a.m. alerting the police to the burglary at 305 Forrest Ave. Brazille said someone pumping gas across the street at the Shell Station saw the two suspects smashing the...
An 18-year old Brewton man is facing several sex charges after being arrested for sexually abusing an 11-year old boy. Tristan Dakota Sinclair, 834 McGougin Road, is charged with two counts of sodomy I, sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 and two counts of enticing a child for immoral purposes. During a bond hearing Monday before District Judge Eric Coale, District Attorney Steve Billy recommended a bond of $300,000, which was granted by Judge Coale. Conditions of his bond, should he be...
Until a long-term solution to maintain the Flomaton Cemetery is developed, Kay Wagner is spearheading an effort to bring back Decoration Day to have volunteers gather at the cemetery for a day of cleaning, pruning, weedeating and decorating graves with new flowers. A trust fund was originally created to provide perpetual care for the cemetery and funded primarily through the sale of plots. Under the trust agreement, the trustees could only use the interest from the account to pay for...
The state of Alabama will receive a little more than $4 billion in the American Rescue Plan which was signed into law last week by President Biden with Escambia County (Ala.) receiving about $7.1 million and each municipality within the county also receiving funds. According to information released by the Alabama League of Municipalities, Atmore will receive $1,688,271, Brewton will receive $965,838, East Brewton will receive $436,759, Flomaton will receive $258,237, Pollard will receive $25,212...
During a special meeting late last Wednesday, the Flomaton Town Council voted unanimously to approve the second reading of an ordinance that will raise the total sales tax in the town to 11 percent, but Councilwoman Kay Wagner said she didn't vote for the tax increase and is still against it. Wagner said it got confusing and she thought she was voting yes to bring the second reading of the ordinance to the table. She said she had no problem with the second reading but was going to vote no. She s...
A former W.S. Neal High School girls softball coach, who was arrested on Aug. 17, 2017, accusing him of engaging in sex acts with two high school girls, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of sexual solicitation by a school employee of a student under the age of 19. Jason Paul Blaney, 42, 4884 Highway 4, Jay, was given a suspended sentence and placed on two years of unsupervised probation. He will also have to register as a sex offender. Blaney was originally indicted for enticing a child for...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission has taken the first step toward building a new detention center with the purchase of a 177-acre track of land behind the Brewton Industrial Park. The county paid $512,000 for the property that Sheriff Heath Jackson said is an ideal place to locate a new county jail. “This is the first step in hopes of building a new county jail,” Jackson said. “It's in a perfect place, out of public view and won't be directly downtown.” Jackson said one of many major i...
An Atmore man has been arrested on 10 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals after sheriff's deputies went to his 177 Randolph Ave., home and discovered "numerous cats and dogs that had been starved with the rib cage protruding under the skin". Billy Earl Ellis, 53, was arrested March 5 and booked into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. During a bond hearing Monday, Sheriff Heath Jackson told District Judge Eric Coale that the dogs and cats had no food or fresh water and deputies...
