Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, no press releases were received by local media from city police for the past two weeks. Therefore, we have combined several into this story.
A 35-year-old Atmore man was arrested September 29 on felony drug possession charges after Atmore police officers responded to a 911 call reporting that an armed disturbance was ongoing at a Maxwell Street address.
The police response was logged as 7:00 p.m., and shortly therafter an officer “observed a
vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed.” The vehicle was blue-lighted, and police questioned the driver, later identified as Sammie Jenkins.
According to police reports, the city cop “detected a strong odor of marijuana coming
from the vehicle. A probable-cause search led to discovery of “nearly two dozen grams of synthetic
cannabis (Spice), a small amount of marijuana, and items used to ingest narcotics.”
Jenkins was arrested and processed into the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) on one count each of possession of a controlled substance, second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
SCOTTIE McNEAL
McNeal, 28, of Atmore was arrested October 1 after a traffic stop revealed he was the subject of several outstanding felony arrest warrants obtained by Brewton police.
Reports show that an unspecified equipment violation led to the 11:40 p.m. pullover, which took place on Woods Road.
Police said the driver, later identified as McNeal, originally provided a false name, “as he knew he had several outstanding felony warrants with the Brewton Police Department.” An APD officer was eventually to get a positive identification, and McNeal was charged by local police with obstructing justice by using a false name, a Class C felony.
JEREMIAH JAMES/NIKKI PRESLEY
A 37-year-old Atmore man and a 25-year-old Atmore woman were arrested October 3 on felony drug possession charges after the vehicle in which they were traveling was blue-lighted because it was being operated without lights.
Police reports show the incident happened around 7:50 p.m. an Atmore Police Officer conducted a traffic stop on Alabama 21 due to the vehicle “failing to use the head lights.”
The driver, Jeremiah James, and the passenger, Nikki Presley, were taken into custody after a K9 unit was called to the scene and signaled the presence of some illicit substance. A search of the vehicle yielded “a small amount of synthetic cannabis (Spice), a small amount of methamphetamine, a small amount of marijuana, and items used to ingest narcotics.”
James was booked into the ECDC on two counts of possession of a controlled substance, first-degree possession of marijuana (due to a previous second-degree conviction) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Presley was processed into the jail on one count each of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
