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Escambia County Detention Center

Coverage of Escambia County Detention Center from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

19 stories

Perimeter fence and razor wire at a state correctional facility

Crime and Courts

Two Contract Workers at Fountain Correctional Facility Face Contraband Charges, ADOC Says

Two contract employees at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore face charges after ADOC says they admitted to taking part in an effort to bring…

Nov 4, 2026 Atmore

Crime

Orange Beach Public Works Director Out After Arrest in Atmore Prostitution Sting; Tyler Davidson Takes Over

Oct 6, 2026 Atmore

Illustration for the news story: Easterbrook, Wesley Complaints Allege Pair Sought Sex With Person Believed to Be a Minor; Trafficking Charges Reduced

Crime

Easterbrook, Wesley Complaints Allege Pair Sought Sex With Person Believed to Be a Minor; Trafficking Charges Reduced

Oct 3, 2026 Fruitdale

Crime

Atmore Traffic Stop Turns Up 300-Plus Grams of Cocaine; Two Moss Point Men Charged

Sep 22, 2026 Atmore

Crime

Atmore Police Arrest Man on Cocaine and Meth Trafficking Charges After Middleton Lane Search Warrant

Sep 19, 2026 Atmore

Crime

Atmore Parents Jailed After 14-Month-Old Ingests Kratom Left Within Reach, Police Say

Sep 19, 2026 Atmore

Crime

Atmore Carver Avenue Shooting Arrest: Man, 21, Charged With Two Counts of Attempted Murder

Sep 12, 2026 Atmore

Crime

Man Wounded in Shooting at Atmore Gathering of More Than 500 People; No Arrests Yet

Sep 10, 2026 Atmore

Crime

Lower Alabama Drug Task Force Search Warrant on Maxwell Street Nets Cocaine Trafficking Charge

Sep 3, 2026 Atmore

Crime

Flomaton Parents Now Face Attempted Murder Charges After 15-Year-Old Hospitalized in Critical Condition

Sep 3, 2026 Flomaton

Crime

Mobile Man and Woman Convicted in $25 Million Bank Fraud Scheme Targeting Federal Court, Luxury Car Dealership

Aug 7, 2026 Mobile

Crime

Two Men Jailed on Drug, Weapons Charges After Flomaton Domestic Call

Aug 6, 2026 Flomaton

Crime

Brewton Man Arrested After Overnight Burglary at Diamond South Gas Station

Aug 3, 2026 Brewton