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Not A Good Neighbor: Man Charged With Shooting Into State Farm Office
July 8, 2015
An Atmore man has been charged with firing a weapon into a local State Farm insurance company office.
Jerry Herman Reed, 66, was arrested Tuesday on charges of criminal mischief and shooting into an unoccupied building, both felonies.
Employees of State Farm on Church Street in Atmore arrived for work the morning of June 30 and discovered that it appeared someone had a fire a weapon at the front of the building. Atmore Police determined a small weapon was fired at the building, leaving behind holes in both front glass windows and a glass door. The building was unoccupied at the time of the shooting.
Atmore Police said their investigation led to the arrest of Reed. The U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force and the Atmore Police Department took Reed into custody without incident. He is being held in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton.
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