Baldwin County, Alabama News and Discussion
August 23rd, 2009 — Silverhill
The Silverhill Town Council is gearing up for the 2009-10 fiscal year which begins Oct. 1.
The council agreed Monday to hold a work session to discuss the budget beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31.
The town’s proposed annexation will also likely be discussed at the meeting which will be held at town hall.
August 4th, 2009 — Crime, Silverhill
All five suspects in a January slaying in Sil verhill have requested youthful offender status.
Authorities found Robert “Bob” Aitcheson dead in his burned-out trailer early on the morning of Jan. 28.
His son, Ian Aitcheson, now 17; Danny Weaver, now 20; Keishjuan Betts, now 19; Amber Darlene Jerkins, now 18, and Amen Lee Robert Wellock, now 18, have been charged in con nection with the slaying
March 14th, 2009 — Crime, Silverhill
March 13th, 2009 — Silverhill
About 10 hours before four teens allegedly executed a plot to rob, kill and burn a Silverhill man, Amen Lee Robert Wellock held what appeared to be a gun to the chest of one of his co-defendants and asked if he “would accept this mission,” according to court testimony.
Danny “Chubbs” Weaver responded, “I accept the mission” during ceremony, said Baldwin County Sheriff’s Investigator Bret Lankford.
Lankford, who testified at Wellock’s preliminary hearing Thursday, was describing some of the evidence that resulted in the 17-year-old Robertsdale teen being charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the Jan. 28 slaying of 51-year-old Robert “Bob” Aitcheson
Investigator describes oath taken before Silverhill slaying by teens
March 10th, 2009 — Silverhill
The current economic crisis has many individuals and government entities feeling the pinch and the Town of Silverhill is no different.
The Silverhill Town Council voted unanimously to pass its 2009 budget on Monday, showing a nearly $100,000 budget deficit.
With expenditures totalling $943,225 and revenues of a projected $845,817, the town has a projected budget deficit of $97,408 for the coming year.
The town’s general fund is operating with a $18,758 deficit, with expenditures of $553,375 and $534,617 in revenue, while the town’s water and gas department has a budget deficit of $78,650 with expenses of $389,850 to revenues and $311,200.
They also adopted Ordinance No. 386 to provide for an increase in garbage rates as approved at the council’s Feb. 16 meeting.
Silverhill’s 2009 budget shows deficit
Will the increase fee for garbage cover their deficit?
March 8th, 2009 — Silverhill
The town of Silverhill, Baldwin County’s smallest municipality, is considering annexation plans that could increase the size of the town to several times larger than its 1890s boundaries. Town officials will hold a meeting on the annexation proposal at 6:30 p.m. March 16 at Little Hall in Silverhill.
A map of the proposed annexation area is available at Town Hall. If town officials decide to go forward with the proposal, the Alabama Legislature would be asked to pass a local act to schedule a vote on the issue.
March 3rd, 2009 — Fairhope, Silverhill
A Silverhill woman was killed Sunday in a crash near Fairhope.
State troopers say Krystal Jowers Keown, 32, was ejected from her 2002 Lexus after she lost control of the vehicle while traveling east on County Road 48, near County Road 9. Her car left the road and hit a mailbox in the area around 2 a.m.
February 27th, 2009 — Crime, Silverhill
When three teenagers entered Robert “Bob” Aitcheson’s Silverhill trailer last month, one climbed on top of the sleeping man, while another slipped a plastic bag over his head, according to court testimony.
After a struggle, Ian Aitcheson, the victim’s 16-year-old son, picked up a large butcher-type knife in the kitchen, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Susan Gross testified Thursday. He handed it to Danny “Chubbs” Weaver “and tells him to make sure my dad is dead,” Gross said.
That is one of the scenarios investigators put together based on evolving and conflicting statements made by the four teenagers charged with capital murder and first-degree arson, Gross said.
Officer describes Silverhill slaying allegedly carried out by teens
Judge Denies Bond For Teens Accused of Murder
Silverhill Murder
February 20th, 2009 — Silverhill
Citing increased costs from the Baldwin County Landfill, the Silverhill Town Council voted Monday night to approve a 30 percent hike in garbage pickup rates for the town
This is something we have to take care of right away,” said Mayor Tim Wilson before Monday night’s vote.
County landfill costs rose 25 percent over the last year and council members were given prices to raise rates 25 percent or 30 percent. Council member Bert Jones moved to increase rates 30 percent, which was passed unanimously with all council members present.
February 9th, 2009 — Silverhill
Controversy continues in the town of Silverhill over the vacation of a right of way
The town council, at its meeting on Monday, sought to correct a mistake made over six years ago with the property, located on the west side of Fourth Street, between Second Avenue and North Avenue.
In order to vacate property, a petition must be signed by adjacent property owners seeking a public hearing. After being published in a local newspaper for a period of 30 days, a public hearing is held before the town council on the issue before a decision is made at a public meeting
February 6th, 2009 — Silverhill
Investigators call 17 year old Amen Wellock the brains behind a gang of teenagers now accused of murder.
“Did you do what they say you did?” “No I did not,” says Wellock. Prosecutors say it was Wellock who made Danny Weaver, also known as ‘Chubs’, swear an oath to kill Bob Aitcheson as part of a ritual in a self appointed gang.
“How did you get mixed up in all this?” “People talking,” says Wellock on his way back to the county jail. “Do you know Danny and all those guys? “Yes ma’am.” “Y’all friends?” “Yes ma’am. We used to be.” “Did you know Mr. Aitcheson? What did you think of him?” “A very nice man,” Wellock says of the victim.
February 6th, 2009 — Silverhill
Ian Aitcheson’s mother said that when she arrived at her ex-husband’s smoldering mobile home about 2 a.m. Jan. 28, she recognized her tall, lanky, 16-year-old son at the scene. But he wasn’t the son she knew, she said, and he hadn’t been for weeks.
“He was so drawn back into himself. When he hugged me, it was obviously forced,” she said. “The look in his eyes, you could tell he was on something.”
She said that he later told her that he had smoked crack cocaine the day before
February 5th, 2009 — Silverhill
A Baldwin County judge set a $1 million bail today for a fifth person charged in association with the death of a Silverhill man stabbed and burned in his mobile home last week.
Amen Lee Robert Wellock, 17, of Robertsdale, was arrested Wednesday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder because of his involvement in the planning that led to the robbery and murder of Robert Paul Aitcheson, 51, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Officials have said.
February 5th, 2009 — Crime, Silverhill
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a fifth teen Wednesday on a charge related to the robbery and slaying of Robert Paul Aitcheson at his mobile home in Silverhill.
Amen Lee Robert Wellock, 17, of Robertsdale was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, said Maj. Anthony Lowery, Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
Lowery said Wellock was involved in the planning of “this murder that was ultimately followed through on
February 4th, 2009 — Crime, Robertsdale, Silverhill
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an 18-year-old woman in connection with the stabbing death of Bob Aitcheson.
Amber Jerkins is charged with capital murder and arson. Jerkins is the fourth person arrested for the crime.
The Sheriff’s Office arrested Aitcheson’s son, 16-year-old Ian Aitcheson, along with Danny Weaver and Keshjuan Betts last week.
Fourth Arrest In Silverhill Murder
Fourth man charged in Silverhill death (Man?)
The teens called themselves “the Skittles of Rob Town,” said Pam Dalton, 36, who lives just down the road from the residence on Flamingo Drive.
“These teenagers, all four that have been arrested, not one of them, for one minute, has shown any signs of remorse for what they have done,” Lowery said. “I think they are a group of thugs.”
4th teen charged in Robertsdale slaying (Robertsdale or Silverhill?)
Skittles of Rob Town? Really?
