Uriah man arrested for Atmore thefts

Published 3:30 pm Tuesday, April 25, 2017

A Uriah man has been arrested on multiple theft charges that were located in the Atmore area, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

Chief Deputy Mike Lambert said the ECSO responded to three different theft of property crimes in the Atmore area.

“Items that were taken and missing were a utility trailer, dump trailer and a boat,” Lambert said. “As deputies began to investigate the crime of the stolen property, they received information that the possible stolen items may be at a residence on Weaver Road in Uriah.”

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Lambert said deputies responded to the location, where they made contact with a 2012 aluminum bass boat and multiple utility trailers, along with the dump trailer.

See the complete story in Wednesday’s paper.