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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the Atmore Police Department are investigating a Saturday night incident in Atmore where a woman was struck by a vehicle and killed and the person who is accused of running over her was beaten and later transported by helicopter to a trauma center. According to reports from the Atmore Police Department, about 11:50 p.m. on Aug. 5 were dispatched to the Tavern, located at 5440 Highway 31 in reference to a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle. When officers...
A Mobile man wanted by the Atmore Police Department for the July 25 murder of Jatyrain Aquamini Tolbert, 22, of Atmore turned himself in to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton last Thursday and is being held without bond pending an Aniya's Law hearing scheduled for today (Thursday, Aug. 10). Antonio LeMarcus Pettaway, 19, 1058 Houston St., Mobile, was charged with murder. During a bond hearing last Friday before Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale, Pettaway said he understood...
The first reading of a new livestock ordinance in Jay on the agenda Monday night didn't happen with Mayor Shon Moye saying the town needed to have a workshop to discuss ordinances, noting there were things the town of Jay could do better. The council set the workshop for 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21 at city hall, prior to the 6 p.m. council meeting. The agenda for Monday's meeting called to amend a 1973 ordinance dealing with livestock inside the city limits cutting the distance from 200 feet to 100...
Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies 'swarmed' the Bermuda community last Thursday and arrested a man on multiple counts of dog-fighting and animal cruelty as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged dog-fighting ring that may result in even more criminal charges. According to Monroe County Sheriff Tom Boatwright, law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at the Mixon Road residence of Gecoby Penn last Thursday around 7 p.m. and discovered a dog-fighting arena and...
