Drug dogs search for Brewton man wanted by Poarch
Published 9:50 am Friday, March 27, 2015
Law enforcement – including K-9 officers from two states – work to coordinate the search for Donnie Turner Friday morning near Riddle Road.|Photo by Stephanie Nelson, For The Advance
Area K-9 units were searching Friday for a Brewton man wanted by Poarch Creek Tribal Police on an assortment of drug charges.
K-9 units from Escambia County, Ala., and Escambia County, Fla., are on scene near Riddle Road and looking for Donnie Turner.
Turner is wanted on five felony warrants for possession of methamphetamine, prescription pills and marijuana, as well as five misdemeanor warrants, Brewton Police Chief Monte McGougin said Friday morning.
“Right now, we have teams searching for Mr. Turner,” McGougin said. “This morning we received the felony warrants from Poarch. When a narcotics officer attempted to make contact with Mr. Turner at a home on Riddle Road, Mr. Turner – who was having a cup of coffee at about 7:40 a.m. – noticed the officer and fled.”
Turner is described as white male, in his 40s, approximately six-foot tall and weighing approximately 180 pounds.
Anyone with any information as to Turner’s whereabouts is asked to contact a local law enforcement agency.
The Brewton Police Department is being assisted in the search by members of the Escambia County sheriffs’ offices in Alabama and Florida, as well as state police.
Brewton Standard publisher Stephanie Nelson wrote this story.
