Atmore Man Charged With Highway 97 Convenience Store Burglary

May 10, 2018

An Atmore man was arrested this week for the 2017 burglary of a convenience store in Davisville.

Desmond Deshawn Grubbs, 23, was charged burglary of an unoccupied business, criminal mischief and grand theft. He remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $10,000.

On September 11, 2017, at about 3 a.m., Grubbs broke the glass out of the front door of the convenience store at the corner of Highway 97 and Nokomis Road, entered the business and stole cigarettes and beer valued at $800, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The damage to the door was estimated at $500.

Grubbs and a second suspect were identified by fingerprints. The second suspect, a female, is incarcerated at the Escambia County (AL) Detention Center in Brewton on unrelated charges. She is expected to be extradited to Florida to face charges related to the burglary. Her name has not been released.

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  1. Trocarman on May 10th, 2018 7:55 pm

    Were these the same thugs who broke into that store before. Good job to law enforcement for finding out who these this are. Now, the judge should lock them up, no parole.