Four Atmore men have been arrested and charged with attempted murder.

Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies along with members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force made the arrests within the last two weeks.

Antonio Triplett, 30; Cornelius Triplett, 28; and Justin Lawson, 27, were arrested on Dec. 14 for attempted murder and burglary I that occurred at 592 Martinville Loop on Nov. 28, ECSO Chief Deputy Mike Lambert said.

Antonio Triplett, Cornelius Triplett and Justin Lawson entered Derek James Staples’ Martinville Loop residence, demanded and wanted to know if he had any money, according to Advance archives.

Lambert said the suspects got Staples’ wallet and took a large sum of money.

“Before they left, a shot was fired and struck him in the mid section,” he said. “The suspects left and (Staples) was able to get himself up and go over to his cousin’s house, and put him in the car and drove him to the hospital by POV (privately owned vehicle).”

The fourth Atmore man, Leonardo Moye, 30, was arrested and charged with attempted murder on Dec. 9, for the Freemanville Community shooting at Thyme’s Place on Nov. 29, Lambert said.

Lambert said Moye was the actual trigger man…

For the complete story, see Wednesday’s edition of The Atmore Advance.