Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com POWELL, Ala.-- During an unrelated investigation Officer Wilson and Chief Stephen Malone were conducting near Northeast Alabama Community College, the officers observed a car approaching them…
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Man arrested after driving into Fort Payne store
Date: 08/25/2022Title: Press Release SUBJECT: Arrest of Lucas Clay Posey. On 08/24/2022 Lucas Clay Posey, Age 27, of Rainsville, AL, was arrested and charged with DUI, resisting arrest, and two counts…
Timothy William Estep arrested for possession of child pornography
Date: 08/25/2022Title: Press Release SUBJECT: Timothy William Estep arrested for Possession of Child Pornography. On 08/24/2022 Timothy William Estep, Age 33, of Fort Payne, AL, was arrested and charged with 50…
Marijuana Grow Operation Discovered on County Road 51
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — During the last three weeks of June and the first week of July, 16 were arrested on drug-related…
Hit-and-Run Hearing Set
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, ALA.-- A preliminary hearing has been set for a Sylvania man charged with manslaughter following a hit-and run accident on April 2. Tyler Blaise…
Altered Tag Leads to Arrest
Marla Jones, Managing Editormarla@southerntorch.com POWELL, ALA. -During routine patrol, Powell Police Officer Gage Wilson and Chief Stephen Malone observed a vehicle that had an altered tag. A sharpie was used to…
Sherrif’s Office Hard at Work
FORT PAYNE, ALA- The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office stayed busy during January. Sheriff Nick Welden reports the following: 1/1/22, DeKalb County Deputies noticed a subject who appeared intoxicated in Kilpatrick. Deputies…
DA ACCEPTS DALTON’S PLEA
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com Dalton will serve 6 months in County Jail FORT PAYNE, Ala.--Former Fort Payne Teacher, Donavan Dalton, 29, entered a plea of guilty to School Employee Having…