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Tallassee man leaves detention center
By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
Reports from the Alabama Department of Correction state that an inmate escaped from a nearby juvenile detention center who was also the same Tallassee man charged with setting fire to a downtown business years ago. At the time of the fire, Dylan Keith Carroll, was only 17, but according to past reports from The Tribune he was charged as an adult with arson in a fire
that was set in one business but spread to another. The details of the report state Carroll, 24, escaped from Frank Lee Work Release Center, a minimum security facility in Deatsville, around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Media reports have emerged stating Carroll might have a weapon, however Bob Horton a public information manager with AL DOC said they could not speculate whether he was armed. He said a vehicle was stolen in the
vicinity of where the inmate escaped from yesterday, but they could not confirm if Carroll stole it. When asked whether a weapon was in the vehicle, Horton said the owner did say a weapon was in the vehicle but he said they did not have a description of the gun, and with no eyewitnesses, he said they could not attribute the incident to Carroll. Carroll was serving a 13 year sentence under multiple convictions, Horton said, among which the arson charge was but
one. Horton said Carroll had been released in 2015, but violated conditions of his parole and was returned to AL DOC custody. When asked about the details of his escape, Horton said only that Carroll walked off from Carroll the facility.
Main Street presents ideas to local group
WETUMPKA MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER Attorney says shooting was a ‘tragic accident’ By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
A Wetumpka man was indicted on murder charges by a grand jury in a shooting incident earlier this year in Prattville where another Wetumpka man was killed, who was said to be his cousin. Few details were given by Prattville Police after the shooting in March according to earlier reports from The Herald, which stated the incident occurred around 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, near the 100 block of Jones Street. A 19-year-old Wetumpka man was arrested and as of Thursday James Rembert remains in Autuaga County Jail on a $350,000 bond. The grand jury convened earlier in September according to a prosecutor with the local District Attorney’s office. He confirmed the victim, who was not identified in earlier reports, to be Derrick Bowman, 20, also of Wetumpka. The assistant district attorney, Josh Cochran, said he did not yet want to comment on “the facts” of the case and said it was still too early to comment on any outcome he wanted. In a phone call Thursday, Rembert’s attorney, Corky Hawthorney, went over accounts detailed in the “discovery” reports of the case that included among other thing witness testimony and various reports. See MURDER • Page 9
After three days of intense interviews and study in downtown Wetumpka, the Alabama Main Street organization presented its recommendations to the local Main Street entity and interested citizens Thursday night at the Civic Center. During the presentation, speakers with the state group touched on each of the prongs of the Main Street Four Point Approach: Organization, Promotion, Economic Vitality and Design. After some introductory words regarding the team’s three-day efforts in Wetumpka by Main Street Alabama President/State Coordinator Mary Helmer, Main Street Alabama Field Services Specialist Trisha Black spoke to the assembled crowd regarding the organizational facet of the four-point approach. Black noted that the Wetumpka Downtown group performed a significant amount of work in order to get the city recognized as a Main Street program. Black spoke about several facets and recommendations for how the local entity should organize itself including that the local Main Street board See MAIN STREET • Page 6
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HOMECOMING ‘16
Scenes from the Wetumpka High School homecoming parade Thursday afternoon. The parade started at WHS and proceeded to Wetumpka Elementary before finishing at Wetumpka Middle School. At both the Elementary and the Middle School players greeted their young fans and the band performed several pieces from its halftime show.
Competitors set to bike, paddle and run through Coosa River Challenge
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Hundreds of competitors will run, bike and paddle their way down miles of river and trails performing numerous physical challenges at stops along their way in a local “adventure race” that will see its 14th year in the area next weekend. Roughly 230 participants ranging from individuals, teams and even families will make their way through the Coosa River Challenge on October 1. The triathlon-style competition is made up of roughly 5 to 7 miles total worth of running, See COOSA • Page 3