The Bay County Sheriff's Office is investigating the fraudulent use of stolen credit card information by two suspects who used it to make purchases at multiple businesses on Nov. 22.

Because the victim reported he still had his credit card, it is believed the suspects obtained the stolen information and encoded it on another card, using the fraudulent card to conduct the transactions.

The suspects are described as two white males, in their 20s and of medium height. One suspect is muscular with short, dark hair, and the second suspect is of medium build with a shaved head.

Anyone with information on these two suspects is asked to contact the Bay County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 747-4700 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 785-TIPS.

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PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police have arrested a local woman who allegedly dislocated an officer’s jaw and gouged her face during a violent confrontation outside a Panama City Beach convenience store, according to police records.

Maria Annalise Robinson, 56, was arrested Sunday outside the Express Lane, 17140 Front Beach Road, at about 12:30 a.m. A Panama City Beach Police officer responded to a report of a disorderly woman, but the officer would sustain a dislocated jaw and fingernail claws to her face while attempting to subdue the woman. Robinson also was left bloodied and in need of medical treatment by the end of the skirmish, PCBPD reported.

PCBPD was called to the Express Lane by a taxi driver with an irate fare in his cab. When Officer Casey Jones arrived, Robinson was standing in front of the convenience store screaming obscenities, police reported. After telling Robinson she could not scream obscenities in public and that she needed to go home due to her high level of intoxication, Robinson began to run away, according to the arrest report.

Jones said Robinson yelled, “I’m not going anywhere,” as she ran off, but returned when the officer told her she was under arrest for disorderly conduct.

“She then lifted her purse in her left hand and struck me on the right side of my face, causing my jaw to dislocate,” Jones reported. “I attempted to grab Ms. Robinson, and she continued to attempt to flee.”

Jones got a handcuff on Robinson’s left wrist and executed an arm-bar take-down when Robinson hit her face on the pavement, according to police records. The officer still couldn’t gain control of Robinson, though, she reported.

“Ms. Robinson rolled on top of me, grabbed my face with her hand and began to squeeze my face, causing her fingernails to break my skin, while screaming” a profanity, Jones wrote.

Several other firefighters and law enforcement officers arrived and overtook Robinson. They “relieved me and held Ms. Robinson while I stood up and popped my jaw back into place,” Jones reported.

Both were treated by EMS on the scene.

Robinson was taken to a local hospital for further treatment of injuries sustained in the incident before being taken to Bay County Jail. Robinson was charged with resisting arrest with violence, battery on a law officer and disorderly conduct. Her bond of $12,000 was posted Tuesday with a first arraignment on the charges scheduled for Dec. 16.

MIAMI (AP) — A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Miami.

On at least one of its seven campuses, FastTrain College “purposely hired attractive women and sometimes exotic dancers and encouraged them to dress provocatively while they recruited young men in neighborhoods to attend FastTrain,” according to an ongoing civil lawsuit. The Florida attorney general and the U.S. attorney in Miami announced Wednesday that they were joining the lawsuit against the now-defunct FastTrain and former owner Alejandro Amor, 56.

Amor, of Coral Gables, was criminally indicted in October and faces pending charges of conspiracy and theft of government money. A telephone message left at a listing for Amor wasn't immediately returned

The complaint says Miami-based FastTrain and Amor bilked the U.S. Department of Education out of millions of dollars with falsified grant applications from at least January 2009 through June 2012, when the school closed after an FBI raid.

The school is accused of falsifying high school diplomas for students who didn't have them. Because they never graduated from high school, the lawsuit contends the students wouldn't have qualified for student aid.

To access taxpayer dollars, the school needed first-time students to attend class for at least 30 days. If they didn't, FastTrain falsified attendance records or backdated the enrollment so they could collect the money quicker, the lawsuit says.

The growth of for-profit colleges, which are governed by private organizations or corporations, has been explosive in Florida and across the country. As the schools have grown, numerous whistle-blower lawsuits have been filed against them by ex-employees. In the FastTrain case, the whistle-blower lawsuit was originally filed by Juan Pena, a former admissions employee. These lawsuits typically gain steam only when the government joins the case, as in Pena's lawsuit.

Some former FastTrain students say they are still struggling with student loan debts, and the lawsuit identifies more than 160 former students who are now in default. Those who were attending around the time of the FBI raid can get their loans discharged under a “closed school” provision.

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — In the frantic and chaotic moments after gunfire erupted at Florida State University late last month, one female student in a library stairwell told a police dispatcher by phone, “There's a shooter, please I'm begging you,” and another caller said, “Everyone's running.”

The Leon County Sheriff's Office on Thursday released more than a dozen 911 calls made shortly after midnight on Nov. 20 when an FSU graduate armed with a gun headed toward the main school library and began shooting.

Three people were shot just outside and inside the entrance of Strozier Library in the middle of FSU's campus a mile west of the state Capitol. Officers who arrived within two minutes of the first call shot and killed the gunman, 31-year-old Myron May.

Many of the calls came from students who either fled the scene right after they heard the shots, or had barricaded themselves inside the stairwells, bathrooms and study rooms of the library. Some said they were unsure to stay put or try to find an exit.

In one recorded call, a dispatcher repeatedly asked “hello?” while an apparently discarded cellphone captured the noise of alarms and warnings going off in the background.

A male FSU student told the operator he had been outside the library and saw a man shooting someone before turning in his direction and pointing his gun at him.

“I heard one gun shot, I turned around and he was sprinting at the other guy and took two more shots and that's when I turned and ran,” the caller said.

The female student in stairwell could be heard trying to get into a locked room. “There's a shooter, please I'm begging you,” she can be heard saying while the dispatcher is talking to another official.

Three bullets struck 21-year-old student Farhan “Ronny” Ahmed, including a shot that severely damaged his spine and left him paralyzed from the waist down. The other two victims were library employee Nathan Scott who was shot in the leg and later released from the hospital and a student who was grazed by a bullet.

Although authorities initially estimated that a few hundred students were studying late at night for upcoming exams, an FSU official later told the school's trustees that as many as 1,000 students may have been inside the multi-story building at the time of the shootings.

May, a 2005 FSU graduate and an attorney, reloaded at least once and tried to enter the library, but was blocked by lobby security barriers that permit only students and staff inside. Police responded and fired off a barrage of bullets that killed him. FSU officials noted the security barriers were put in place in late 2008 after May had already left the school.

One female caller described seeing someone on the floor and said the person had been shot

“I can't really tell what's going on,” she tells the 911 dispatcher. “I don't think the person is still here with the gun. I'm not sure, I can't see anything.”

Classes were cancelled the day of the shooting, but they resumed a day later and the library reopened. The investigation is not yet complete and a grand jury will review the actions of campus police and Tallahassee police.

Videos and a journal obtained by police indicate May, who went on to graduate from law school at Texas Tech, thought he was being watched and targeted by the government. He also complained to police and property managers in New Mexico that cameras were watching him in his apartment and that he heard voices talking about and laughing at him, according to police reports that were released.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Two local men were arrested and methamphetamine, firearms and cash was confiscated at the conclusion of a narcotics investigation, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.

While conducting an investigation, a traffic stop was done on a motorcycle ridden by Richard Barner. Barner was found to have a suspended driver’s license and in possession of a trafficking amount of methamphetamine in ice form, BCSO said.

Narcotics investigators then began surveillance on a hotel room connected to Barner and observed a man identified as Kacy Van Patten approaching the hotel room. Van Patten was dressed in black clothing and wore black latex gloves on his hands. As investigators approached Van Patten, he fled on foot, but was apprehended after a short foot pursuit.

Van Patten wore a long Bowie-style knife attached to his side and had a .380 cal. handgun in his pocket.

A search warrant was executed on the hotel room and at 5710 Pinetree Ave. As a result, $6,000, a handgun, two assault rifles and about 6 ounces of methamphetamine in ice form were seized.

Barner, 27, 5710 Pinetree Ave., was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license.  Van Patten, 21, a transient, was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, carrying a concealed firearm, resisting an officer and possession of marijuana.

PANAMA CITY — A 26-year-old Callaway woman has been arrested after police said she made a false report of an abduction, the Panama City Police Department said Thursday.

On Nov. 25 at 1:50 a.m., Jessica Harner reported to police that she was returning home from a local hospital and was stopped at a red light at the corner of Business Highway 98 and Hamilton Avenue when three men forced their way into her vehicle. Harner further stated that she was forced to drive them around the Cove area of Panama City and was told she would be shot if she resisted. Harner stated that she dropped off the men in the 200 block of East Beach Drive.

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Investigators began reviewing video surveillance from areas in which Harner had been forced to drive the men. What investigators saw and the statements from Harner did not match. After further investigation and additional interviews with Harner, she admitted that she was never abducted and that the report of the crime and all the information she provided was false. Harner was arrested and charged with false report of a crime and perjury when not in an official proceeding.

PANAMA CITY — The widow of a contractor shot to death at a Panama City Beach construction site had spoken with friends about a plan to deal with her abusive husband in the weeks before he was killed, according to recently filed court records.

Panama City Beach Police investigated the August 2010 slaying of Robert Ellison for three years before arresting Christopher Hyler, and they have continued to investigate as Hyler's trial approaches, according to evidence prosecutors turned over to defense attorneys in October, not long after police interviewed people who knew Stephanie Ellison, the victim's wife.

Transcripts from interviews with two of Stephanie Ellison's former classmates indicate she told at least one person that her husband was physically abusing her and she was scared to leave him. A few weeks before Ellison was shot several times at the site of First Baptist Church in Panama City Beach, Stephanie Ellison showed a classmate marks on her neck and said her husband "had me by the throat this morning."

Robert Ellison, the upset classmate replied, according to the transcript, "needs to be shot."

Stephanie Ellison then said, "I've got something in the plans, I've got something in the works, so I'm taking care of it."

The classmate said Robert Ellison was shot two or three weeks later, and Stephanie Ellison stopped coming to class.

She has never been charged in connection to her husband's death, and police have never publicly named her as a suspect. But police have said there are other suspects in the case and more arrests are possible, and Hyler's name was never even mentioned in the interviews with the former classmates. Instead the interviews focused entirely on Stephanie Ellison, who has moved away from the area, according to records.

Hyler has been held without bail since police arrested him in May 2013, and he's due at a hearing Monday to argue that his statement to police was coerced and should not be shown to a jury. His trial is scheduled to begin next month.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A main break of the Panama City Beach Utilities water supply line experienced temporary loss in pressure and residents in southeast Panama City Beach may experience discolored water about 24 hours after it was restored on Friday.

The effected areas include the 7000 block of North Lagoon Drive, 3600 block of Betsy Lane, 3600 block of Oakwood Lane, 3600 block of Oak Knoll Lane, 3600 block of Jay Street, 7000 block of Lagoon Drive, 7200 block of Emerson Drive, 3600 block of E. O Henry, 3600 block of W. O Henry, 3600 block  of Lee Street, 100 and 200 blocks of Pelican Way, 100 block of Razz Way, 100 block of Country Place, 200 block of Scooter Drive, 300 block of Prudence Drive and 900 block of Laurel Oak.

As a precaution, residents are advised to boil water for drinking and cooking. A rolling boil of one minute is sufficient. Bottle water can be used as an alternate. The boil notice will remain in effect until a bacteriological survey shows that the water is safe to drink.

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Three employees were fired in the wake of the shooting death of a Leon County sheriff's deputy.

The Tallahassee Democrat reported Friday that employees at the city-county emergency dispatch agency were fired because they did not alert deputies and firefighters responding to a fire in a neighborhood just outside the city limits.

When deputies arrived at the fire, they were ambushed by 53-year-old Curtis Wade Holley. Authorities said he fatally shot Leon County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Smith and wounded another deputy before he was killed in a gun battle outside his home.

The Democrat reported that Holley had threatened to shoot any law enforcement that came to his home according to the dispatch agency's review. But that warning was not passed on to those responding to the fire.

A missing senior citizen from Holmes County was found on Friday, Bonifay Police report.

Levin, 66, was found safely in Tallahassee, according to a short press release. He had walked away from an assisted-living facility at around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD — A 29-year-old Springfield man has been arrested on four counts of  lewd and lascivious battery on a child under 16.

According to Springfield Police Chief Philip Thorne, Robert Tony Miniaci was arrested Friday morning and booked into county jail.

On Thursday evening, Springfield Police were alerted by a local woman that her 15-year-old daughter and an adult male, ultimately determined to be Miniaci, had been engaging in sexual intercourse.

Officers began an investigation and learned from the victim that she had initially met Miniaci via the Internet, that he had picked her up from outside her residence on at least four occasions during the past couple of months, and that they had engaged in sexual activity in his pick-up truck.

EASTPOINT — More than two years after a May 2012 collision on the Gorrie Bridge took the life of an Eastpoint woman, prosecutors have dropped vehicular homicide charges against the 21-year-old Apalachicola man whose truck veered head-on into the woman’s car as she returned home from church.

On Sept. 9, Assistant State Attorney Jarred Patterson told Circuit Court Judge Jackie Fulford there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the homicide charges against Chandler B. Moses, 21, of Apalachicola.

Moses was driving a 1997 Toyota pickup westbound, about 9:26 p.m. May 2, 2012, on the Gorrie Bridge about 1.7 miles west of Bay Shore Drive, when he drove left of the center line and his vehicle struck a 2005 Kia Sedona driven by Vicky Harris Segree, 54.

Segree was killed, and Sabrina L. Hicks, 39, of Eastpoint, a passenger riding with her on their return from Wednesday evening services at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Apalachicola, was taken to Weems Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.

Moses, whose truck had overturned, was taken to Bay Medical Center in Panama City and treated for a compression fracture of a lower vertebra in his back. A blood draw taken within one to two hours after the crash found no evidence of alcohol or drugs in his system, other than that of the opioid given to Moses in the emergency room for his back pain.

Florida Highway Patrol Cpl. Scotty Lolley investigated the crash, which shut down traffic on the bridge for several hours and required drivers to make a lengthy detour if they wished to cross the river.

On July 15, 2012, and Aug. 9, 2012, Moses received speeding tickets in incidents unrelated to the crash. It was not until Dec. 4, 2012, seven months after the crash, that Moses was charged in the traffic fatality. At that time he was charged with failure to drive within a single lane, and not wearing a seat belt. On Jan. 4, 2013, Moses paid a fine of $158 for the lane violation, and $108 for the seat belt infraction.

In March 2013, Assistant State Attorney Robin Myers filed a criminal charge of reckless driving, which because it involved a fatality, was upgraded to vehicular homicide. To prove such a charge, which can be punishable by up to 15 years in prison, it must be shown the driver displayed a “willful and wanton disregard for safety of persons or property.”

Depositions: Myers took depositions on Oct. 22, 2013, from two key witnesses, Hicks as well as Emily Hatfield, who was driving with passenger Levi Thompson westbound on the bridge and witnessed the collision.

Hatfield noted at the outset of her testimony that she had dated Moses in the 10th grade, in 2010 or 2011.

Hatfield said it was not yet dark, the weather muggy and hot, and she was driving about 50 mph on the bridge when she noticed Moses, his lights on low beam, as it passed her Mitsubishi Gallant.

She estimated Moses was driving “max, I would say somewhere between 65 and 70 (mph).”

“I said, ‘That’s Chandler,’ and I do remember him coming up on me kind of fast, and I remember saying, ‘Who’s that? Who’s that coming up on me like that?’ And then I seen him to the side,” she said in her deposition.

Hatfield said the wreck then occurred about 100 feet in front of her car.

“I was just driving, and … it was like slow motion,” she said. “It was so gradual; he just gradually just drifted into the other lane, like it wasn’t like a jerk, and went straight in the other lane.

“I told Levi, I said, ‘Is he going to correct himself? Should I honk the horn?’ And at that time I didn’t see headlights because of the hump in the bridge,” Hatfield said.

Hatfield said she noticed Segree’s minivan try to avoid being hit by Moses’ truck by going “up against the rail.”

In her deposition, Hicks confirmed that Moses’ truck, after returning to the westbound lane, had veered into Segree’s lane, and that she was trying to move away at the time the collision occurred.

Hicks said that before impact she had been looking out over the water, taking in “the glare of the moon. It was just bright, illuminating the water,” she said.

Hicks said Segree “slowed down when she saw Chandler pass, and was trying to get out of the way when she saw him passing” a car on the bridge.

“Look at that idiot,” Hicks recalled Segree saying.

“It wasn’t like he just came right over,” Hicks said. “He just veered, if you understand what I’m saying.”

In his report, Lolley said he “did not notice an odor of alcohol, or observe any other indications of impairment” on the drivers.

“An attempt was made to determine a speed for (Moses’) vehicle in this case,” he wrote. “However, due to a lack of physical evidence, it was impractical to make a determination in this case.”

TALLAHASSEE — Five roads in Washington, Gulf and Jackson counties are among those in line for improvements as part of $9 million in transportation projects earmarked for rural roads statewide.

The funding is part of Gov. Rick Scott’s Rural Areas of Opportunity Program designed to help Florida’s rural communities continue to grow and create opportunities for families and job creators.

The five area projects included are:

• In Wausau, $399,042 to widen existing roadway from 18 feet to 20 feet and replace two 48-inch culverts on Fourth Street/Ollie Road from State 77 to the city limits.
• Alford, $360,086 to resurface existing roadway and pave dirt road on Tennessee Street from the south city limits to Park Avenue.
• Malone, $129,360 for resurfacing Eighth Street from State 2 to 10th Avenue.
• Wewahitchka, $62,712 for resurfacing Old Highway 22A from Winnie Street to State 22.
• Graceville, $195,840 for resurfacing White Avenue from Hinson Memorial Drive to College Street, and Pearl Street from Washington Avenue to White Avenue.

The funding is an extension of the Small County Outreach Program (SCOP), which the Florida Department of Transportation has used to support Florida’s economically challenged rural counties for many years.

In written statements, state Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and state Rep. Brad Drake, R-DeFuniak Springs, praised the funding.

“This funding comes at a great time to help our rural communities in their efforts to bolster the economy,” Gaetz said.

“This is a great endeavor for our rural communities to receive this additional funding which will spur their local economy,” Drake said.

Scott noted the importance of funding transportation.

“This year we made an historic investment of over $10 billion for transportation needs and (the Department of Transportation’s) five-year plan will invest nearly $41 billion into our state’s transportation system,” he said in a press release. “Investing in our roads is a top priority because it will help our state continue to be a global tourist and business destination.”

CHIPLEY — Two suspects connected to a fatal crash that killed a Chipley woman have pleaded not guilty.

Jayvon James Burns, 35, and Carrie Anne Coatney, 31, appeared in Washington County arraignment proceedings earlier this week.

Burns faces charges stemming from the Nov. 17 fatal crash in Wausau that resulted in the death of Casey Maxwell, 18.

Coatney and another suspect, Paige Lauren Angerbrandt, 17, are charged with aiding prisoner escape. Angerbrandt has not yet appeared in Washington County court.

The crash happened after Burns led law enforcement officers on a chase from the Walmart store in Chipley, southbound on State 77 and into the Wausau city limits, where he collided with Maxwell’s right side passenger door at high speeds. Maxwell later succumbed to her injuries.

According to reports, Burns fled the scene, eluding law enforcement with help from Coatney and Angerbrandt until being tracked down by local K-9 Units the following evening.

Burns and Coatney will appear in court again on Jan. 29.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An elderly man who once faced child pornography charges in Franklin County was arrested last week in Texas in a similar instance of having pictures of nude children posted to the wall of his RV.

U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents charged Patrick John McGovern, 64, with child pornography charges during the pre-Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Federal court records show McGovern’s RV with Minnesota license plates broke down in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store in Harlingen, Texas.

A repairman was going inside the RV but McGovern told him, “I hope you’re not offended by the pictures on my wall.” The repairman reported that he saw pictures of nude women but also of nude little girls.

Court records show the repairman reported it to Harlingen police, who notified HSI.

A search warrant revealed McGovern had at least 437 images of nudes and semi-nudes inside his RV while it was parked outside another Wal-Mart in Brownsville, Texas.

Court records reveal McGovern also had scanners, photo paper and a printer as well as children’s computer games, children’s movies, a child’s bicycle part and a colorful toy.

A federal search warrant reveals the nude photos of children in McGovern’s RV are believed to be those of nudist families, and surrounded by sexually explicit photos of adult women.

In one set of photos, McGovern allegedly cut out nude photos of children and posed them as if they were kissing.

HSI agents also reported finding toy dolls where markings defined their genital areas.

Federal agents also found religious items such as a holy water container, cruet, censer, altar cards, paten, missal stand and ciborium. Court records show McGovern described himself as a “traveling brother” or minister who was on his way to Mexico or South America.

McGovern appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Morgan in Brownsville on Nov. 24.

Morgan denied bond for McGovern and then the following day signed an order dismissing the federal charges but noting state prosecutors have filed a detainer against McGovern.

Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz confirmed his office is assisting the Brownsville Police Department in taking over the case.

McGovern remains in custody at the Cameron County Jail where he is being held on a state child pornography charge.

In November 2012, McGovern was arrested for a similar incident in Apalachicola, when police entered his RV parked near 10-Foot-Hole.

The Times reported McGovern was drifter who traveled throughout the United States and Central America but was originally believed to be from Minnesota.

McGovern told Apalachicola police at the time that he was a “naturalist,” a term often used to describe nudists.

Investigator Brett Johnson said at the time about McGovern’s photo collection that “they were everywhere, every cabinet, every wall, every ceiling, everywhere. There was not an inch of that camper that did not have a nude photograph on it.”

Court records show the 10 counts of possessing child pornography against McGovern were dismissed in July 2013.

Kevin Steiger, Franklin County’s assistant public defender, was McGovern’s defense attorney for the charges.

Steiger said the images police found, which were also of children at nudist camps, did not meet the definition of child pornography under Florida state law. Specifically, the photos seized in the Florida case did not show the children engaging in provocative or sexual acts.

Steiger said he has spoken with McGovern several times in the past and that he did not break the law as it is written. “He’s harmless,” Steiger said. “He wouldn’t harm a fly.”

Sergio Chapa is a reporter of KGBT-TV, a CBS affiliate for the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

SAND HILLS — A Panama City teen was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter for his role in a crash early Sunday morning that left a Southport man dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Brent A. Taylor, 19, was driving a 2004 Toyota Sequoia at State 77 and Spikes Road just after 6 a.m. when he allegedly veered into the shoulder and hit 33-year-old James E. Thorndyke, who was standing next to his 2008 Harley Davidson Road King on the side of the road.

Emergency personnel pronounced Thorndyke dead at the scene. Taylor was arrested and jailed. Test results to determine his blood-alcohol concentration are pending.

Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges Nov. 24 through Dec. 2. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted. Addresses are those given by the defendant during arrest.

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Gregory Keith (Bama) Cain, 45, 222 Azalea Drive, Panama City, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, burglary, possession or use of narcotic equipment

James Tracy Young, 52, 203 Rose Lane, Panama City Beach, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Joel Keith (Joey Wilson) Woods, 31, 4810 W. US 98, Panama City, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Joshua Patrick Wickham, 37, 218 San Pabls St., Panama City, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Thomas Joseph Cox, 36, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Aristotle Damian Lawson, 28, 9328 Chevy Lane, Youngstown, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill

Donavan Lewis Cox, 20, 3706 Fredrichson St., Southport, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession of controlled substance without prescription, possession of use of narcotic equipment, possession of weapon or ammunition by felon

Michael Dean Kaehlert, 51, burglary

Jose Enrique Roberts, 34, 205 Aralia Circle, Panama City Beach, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill

Corey James Hight, 26, 1834 East Ave., Panama City, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Steven Arthur Pope, 38, 3902 Cedar Bluff Road, Southport, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Kyle Nathan Finchum, 27, 12322 Caruso Drive, Callaway, domestic aggravated battery

Dewayne Lamar Johnson, 33, 518 Everitt Ave., Panama City, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Ulises Salas, 27, Corpus Christi, Texas, aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon

Russell Houston Page, 50, 9232 Sandra Grace Road, Panama City, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession of use of narcotic equipment

Michael Travis Odom, 36, 5641 Porter Pond Road, Panama City, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver

Jose Nicolas Ayala-Corona, 36, 1914 Frankford Ave., Panama City, aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon, kidnapping/false imprisonment, cruelty toward child – aggravated abuse

Tracy Antonio Johnson, 26, Atlanta, Ga., possession or use of narcotic equipment

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Mario Swanston, 31, 108 Harbor St., Port St Joe, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Dyrell Travis Irby, 29, Stockridge, Ga., possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment, possession of controlled substance without prescription

Rex Aaron Veasey II, 22, 27246 NW State Road 73, Altha, aggravated battery

Torie Leemichael Robinson, 25, 5215 Lee Drive, Panama City, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possess or use of narcotic equipment

Jessica Lashay Skillman, grand theft

Richard Daniel Tipton, 37, 6411 Causeway Blvd., Panama City Beach, grand theft

Charles Ryan Holcomb, 21, 2724 S. Pleasant Oak Court, Panama City, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill

Chau Quoc Nguyen, 28, 1520 Thurso Road, Lynn Haven, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment,

Keith Daniel Pippin, 41, 2345 Douglas Lane, Panama City, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Kristy Michelle (White) Hauser, 43, 611 Jennings Ave., Panama City, trafficking methamphetamine, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Susan Lee Hughen, 45, 6422 Buford King, Youngstown, possession or use of narcotic equipment, trafficking methamphetamine

Harry Claude Wills, 41, 339 Lcosa Drive, Panama City, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Beau Joseph Macgregor, 18, 8306 Palm Garden Blvd., Panama City Beach, aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon

Brandon Lee Allen, 33, 8430 Estrella St., Panama City Beach, felony or domestic battery by strangulation

Shannon Nicole Richard, 25, 3325 W. 23rd St., Panama City, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession of controlled substance without prescription, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Calvin Thomas Jones, 34, 15100 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Cassandra Elaine Jordan, 22, 15100 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, manufacture, sell or deliver, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Sean Allen Hunt, 24, 2704 Oak Hammock Drive, Panama City, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Jimmy Lee Wallace, 23, Albany, Ga., trafficking cocaine, possession or use of narcotic equipment

James Oneal Cornelius, 63, possession of cocaine, possession or use of narcotic equipment

Kevin Lee Christy. 26, Chesapeake, Ohio, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill

Michael Nathan Dehoff, 40, 902 Paddock Club Drive, Panama City Beach, burglary

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MIAMI (AP) — Three good Samaritans were killed Sunday night when they were struck by a car after they'd stopped along a dark, two-lane road in the Florida Everglades to assist another motorist whose vehicle hit a black bear.

The accident took place on Snake Road, which is in the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, about 18 miles north of Alligator Alley and about halfway between Fort Lauderdale and Naples.

Seminole police spokesman Gary Bitner told The Associated Press that Caroline Billie, a tribe member, was driving a sports utility vehicle when she saw the bear crossing the road just before 7 p.m. Sunday and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting it.

The bear was killed, and the impact damaged Billie's vehicle to the extent that she wasn't able to drive it. A short time later, three vehicles that were traveling together stopped on the side of the road to assist the woman.

Eight people who were in those three vehicles were standing on the side of the road. Another vehicle, heading in the opposite direction and driven by Gary McInturff of Hollywood, hit the SUV and sideswiped one of the stopped vehicles, sending it into the people on the road's shoulder, Bitner said.

Billie and McInturff were not seriously injured.

The area would have been dark at the time and there are no street lights, Bitner added. The crash occurred just north of the line separating Broward and Hendry counties, which is inside the reservation.

The three killed were identified by the Seminole Police Department as Yoel Menendez, 44; Ricoberto Llanes, 43; and Alain Navarro, 46; all residents of Miami-Dade County.

The Broward Sheriff's Office sent helicopters to fly four people to a trauma center in Fort Lauderdale. Four others were taken by ambulance to Fort Lauderdale and a hospital in nearby Hollywood.

Bitner said five of the injured were treated and released. The other three were admitted to the hospital but are not believed to have life-threatening injuries: Jose Vega and Mario Cecilio, both of Miami-Dade County, and a juvenile passenger in McInturff's vehicle.

Investigators remained at the scene throughout the night and into Monday morning.

“They are still trying to figure everything out,” Bitner said.

The bear was a 300-pound adult male, according to Carli Segelson, spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

She said that through Dec. 5, there had only been one bear-related road kill in Broward County and 15 in Collier County. There have been 132 bears killed statewide during that time. She said more than half of those are around the Ocala National Forest in central Florida.

“There are black bears throughout Florida and this is in the Everglades, so there absolutely are black bears in that area,” Bitner said.

Bitner said a black bear was hit and killed in a one-car accident about five years ago in the Big Cypress reservation, but there were no human injuries.

Big Cypress is about 50,000 acres and one of several tribal reservations scattered around Florida.

Encounters with bears in Florida are reported sporadically. Last week, wildlife authorities in central Florida said they captured and killed a bear that was suspected of biting a woman on the arm last Wednesday as she walked her dog in the Orlando suburb of Lake Mary.

Authorities said they also captured two of that bear's cubs but one was killed in the process. They added the other cub was old enough to survive on its own and they planned to release it elsewhere.

PANAMA CITY — A Panama City Beach man has been arrested after attempting to flee police in a car that broke down in an open field, according to Panama City Police officials.

Nathan Alexander Combs, 36, was arrested on drug possession charges Sunday after investigators with the PCPD Street Crimes Unit saw him leaving the Comfort Inn & Suites located at 2317 Jenks Ave. Investigators recognized Combs and knew he had several active warrants out of Bay County and tried to pull him over, officers said.

Combs turned, jumped a curb and accelerated away from the officers. The vehicle Combs was driving became disabled in an open field and he was placed under arrest, police reported.

During a search of the vehicle, authorities found 18 Oxycodone pills, 1.9 grams of methamphetamine and 1.5 grams of marijuana were located. Subsequently, Combs was arrested and transported to the Bay County Jail where he was charged with fleeing and eluding, possession of Oxycodone with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana less than twenty grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and felony driving on suspended drivers license.

PANAMA CITY — An interrogation video of the man suspected of shooting his former landlord on a church construction site has been turned over to a Bay County judge for a decision on whether jurors will see the recording during trial.

Christopher Hyler, 50, became the prime suspect in the death of 43-year-old Robert S. Ellison after a nearly three-year investigation from the August 2010 shooting in the construction office of First Baptist Church in Panama City Beach. Ellison was found dead at the site from five gunshot wounds, and Hyler was arrested after investigators began to look at previous tenants of properties owned by Robert and Stephanie Ellison.

As Hyler’s trial date approaches, attorneys argued whether jurors will see a taped confession that led to the arrest.

Hyler, appearing Monday with a buzz haircut, watched interrogation video from just before his arrest. Hyler’s hair was nearly shoulder length then as he propped his head with one arm on the interrogation desk, his legs akimbo.

The prosecution described his manner as “laidback,” while the defense argued it was “submissive.”

Investigators confronted Hyler with a variety of scenarios until more than an hour into questioning, when he finally nodded in agreement. Police presented Hyler with the scenario that he confronted an abusive husband and pulled the gun out of self-defense. Hyler continued from there.

“He told me that I needed to mind my business and came out from behind the desk. … He looked pissed,” Hyler told investigators. “I pulled (the 9mm) in regards to thinking he’d back up. He got his hand on it once.”

Hyler’s attorney argued that, in addition to being pressured by authorities, the care given to Hyler’s rights were insufficient for the interview to be introduced as a confession.

Investigators did not advise Hyler of his right to remain silent until about 16 minutes into the interrogation. They stopped him from talking and asked him to sign a waiver, which he did. They also asked him if he understood his rights, which Hyler said he’d heard numerous times, but police did not read them aloud to Hyler this time.

“It’s important law enforcement take time to make sure defendants understand their rights,” said public defender Henry Sims. “You can never assume what knowledge someone has.”

Prosecutor Larry Basford agreed on the importance of reading a defendant his rights. However, he returned that there was no evidence of pressure and that Hyler signed the waiver.

“There was an effort made by the officer to see if Hyler understood his Miranda rights,” Basford said. “He indicated, ‘Yes, I’ve heard them many times before.’ ”

Hyler’s defense also highlighted that the version of events he confessed to did not corroborate the physical evidence from the scene.

Circuit Court Judge Brantley Clark will mull over the arguments before Hyler’s court date, set in January.