Baldwin County, Alabama News and Discussion
September 7th, 2008 — County Government, Lillian
Baldwin County officials announced this week that the Lillian to Pensacola bus route will be cancelled on Sept. 30.
The service kicked off in April 2007. It was meant to provide Lillian residents transportation to Pensacola once a week. Initially the bus made three round trips to stops in Baldwin and Escambia County, Fla. for $1.50 one way.
Taylor Rider, director of the Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System, said that the service only had one or zero riders.
August 30th, 2008 — Lillian
Two men robbed a teller at a United Bank in Lillian and used a customer’s car as their getaway vehicle this afternoon, authorities said.
Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj. Anthony Lowery said the robbery occurred at 4:50 p.m. at the United Bank branch on U.S. 98
Two men, who were wearing masks, held a teller at gunpoint and received an undisclosed amount of money, Lowery said. The men then stole a customer’s green Mazda, model unknown, that was parked out front and drove toward Escambia County, Fla., on U.S. 98, Lowery said.
Lillian United Bank robbed by gunmen who stole customer’s car
August 25th, 2008 — Foley, Lillian, Orange Beach
August 11th, 2008 — Gulf Shores, Lillian, Orange Beach
July 25th, 2008 — Lillian
A judge sentenced a Lillian man to life in prison plus 20 years for raping and abusing a 13-year-old girl whom he knew.
Baldwin County Circuit Court Judge Lang Floyd ordered Frederick F. Wroten on Thursday to serve life for a first-degree rape conviction and a total of 20 years for two counts of first-degree sexual abuse.
Under the order, sentences for each of the crimes will be served consecutively. A jury found Wroten, 60, guilty in May. Wroten has maintained his innocence, said his attorney, Bill Messick.
June 30th, 2008 — Bay Minette, Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Lillian, Orange Beach
June 30th, 2008 — Lillian, Real estate
The real estate arm of International Paper plans today to ask this town to annex and rezone thousands of acres of timberland north of Interstate 10 to accommodate a long-term development that will include everything from single-family homes to light industry, company and town officials said.
Company officials said last week that construction is not likely begin any time soon and it may be 50 years before the property, about 5,600 acres situated between Alabama 59 and Steelwood Lake, is fully developed. But they want to bring the land into Loxley and obtain the necessary zoning so they can proceed to design the mixed-use development, called Roan’s Creek.
April 13th, 2008 — Lillian
After a year of low ridership, the fixed-route bus service between Lillian and Pensacola has been changed to an on-demand service in hopes of increasing the number of passengers and cutting costs, Baldwin and Florida transportation officials said.
Starting this month, the service has stopped making stops at set locations and times when buses run each Wednesday, said Taylor Rider, director of the Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System.
“After a year, the passenger numbers just had not been close to what we had hoped for,” Rider said. “Based on the surveys we did, people said they would ride if it was provided, but that turned out to not be the case. We were getting only two or three people a week.”
April 4th, 2008 — Lillian
Showtime Video manager Heather Carlisle says burglars cleaned out the store’s adult video and D-V-D collection.
“They violated us,” says Carlisle. “They need to be caught, what’s to see they won’t hit other businesses? We’re a small community with a lot of mom and pop stores here and they need to be caught before they strike again.”
The burglars hit the Lillian store early Wednesday. The suspects broke through the front class window. 800 adult videos were stolen, along with 300 dollars in cash.
Mom and pop store?
March 31st, 2008 — Elberta, Foley, Lillian, Orange Beach
March 4th, 2008 — Crime, Lillian, Magnolia Springs
The suspects are
All six suspects were caught last week near the Pitcher Plant Bog’s parking area.
Officials say the undercover male officers were approached by each of the individuals for sexual intercourse. While managers of the park say they’ve had this problem in the past, they hope the sting will deter others from sexual activity in a place it doesn’t belong.
Terry Hall
Darryl Neal
Adrian Tannler
Richard Terry
Sherard Pierre
Stanley Smith
March 3rd, 2008 — Crime, Lillian, Magnolia Springs
Investigators say seven men were arrested this past Friday, February 29, as part of an undercover sting operation conducted by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies say the men were arrested at the Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog in Magnolia Springs and the Perdido Bay Recreation Park in Lillian. Officials say the men approached undercover officers for the purpose of deviate sexual intercourse. The seven men have been charged with loitering.
If convicted, each of the men could be sentenced to up to thirty days in jail and or receive a fine of up to $200.
The men ranged in age from 35 to 79, according to department reports.
Baldwin County officials carry out park sting
Seven men charged in park sex sting
Mugshots, anyone?
January 15th, 2008 — Gulf Shores, Lillian, Orange Beach
The lowest:
December 9th, 2007 — Daphne, Fairhope, Lillian, Real estate, Summerdale
November 18th, 2007 — Lillian
Baldwin County and Escambia County, Fla., officials said they deemed a report of a man jumping off the Lillian Bridge Sunday unfounded after a three-hour search by air, boat and land yielded no results.
