PARKER — Parker’s first full-time female police officer, Mikaela Strickland, was introduced during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

She will receive the starting salary of $1,307 per month, but might be due for a raise quickly because she has a four-year college degree.

“Prior to officer Strickland when we needed to do a pat down of a female suspect we had to call the (Sheriff’s Office),” Mayor Rich Musgrave said. “It’s nice that we’re showing added diversity.”

The council also discussed payment options for three new sport utility vehicles. The council decided to purchase the vehicles outright and save $3,225. One K-9 equipped vehicle costs $40,460 including a kennel and the other two vehicles cost $38,362.

The city’s canine officer, Marlin, was presented the Award for Canine Excellence from the American Canine Association.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A masked gunman dressed all in black shot a Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in the country's capital Wednesday, then entered Parliament, where dozens of shots rang out, authorities and witnesses said. At least three people were taken to the hospital.

People fled Parliament by scrambling down scaffolding erected for renovations, while others took cover inside as police with rifles and body armor took up positions outside and blocked the normally bustling streets around the building.

“We believe there is more than one” gunman, Ottawa police Constable Marc Soucy said.

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The attack came two days after a recent convert to Islam killed one Canadian soldier and injured another in a hit-and-run before being shot to death by police. The killer had been on the radar of federal investigators, who feared he had jihadist ambitions and seized his passport when he tried to travel to Turkey.

Canada had raised its domestic terror threat level from low to medium Tuesday because of “an increase in general chatter from radical Islamist organizations,” said Jean-Christophe de Le Rue, a spokesman for the public safety minister.

On Wednesday, Tony Zobl, 35, said he witnessed the soldier being gunned down from his fourth-floor window directly above the National War Memorial, a 70-foot, arched granite cenotaph, or tomb, with bronze sculptures commemorating World War I.

“I looked out the window and saw a shooter, a man dressed all in black with a kerchief over his nose and mouth and something over his head as well, holding a rifle and shooting an honor guard in front of the cenotaph point-blank, twice,” Zobl told the Canadian Press news agency.

“The honor guard dropped to the ground, and the shooter kind of raised his arms in triumph holding the rifle.”

Zobl said the gunman then ran up the street toward Parliament Hill. Shots were also fired at a shopping mall near Parliament, police said. All three sites — the war memorial, Parliament and the mall — are within less than a mile from each other.

Cabinet minister Tony Clement tweeted that at least 30 shots were heard inside Parliament, where Conservative and Liberal MPs were holding their weekly caucus meetings.

“I'm safe locked in a office awaiting security,” Kyle Seeback, another member of Parliament, tweeted.

The top spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Harper was safe and had left Parliament Hill.

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Ottawa Hospital said it received three patients, two of them listed in stable condition. It would not comment on the condition of the third patient, the soldier shot at the memorial.

Officials also canceled two events in Toronto honoring Pakistani teenager and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, including one in which she was supposed to receive honorary Canadian citizenship. The teenager was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 for calling for schooling for girls.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police warned people in downtown Ottawa to stay away from windows and rooftops.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office announced two reported robberies on Monday in the Cottondale area that have similarities to four burglaries in August.

Police said two residences were targeted for jewelry and money near Peanut Road and Douglas Road. No electronics, firearms or other items were taken. Police said the latest robberies were similar to four that occurred near Graceville and Campbellton where money, jewelry and medication were targeted.

A person of interest was observed at the Douglas Road. They were described as a white male with possibly grey hair and driving a red, Ford F150 four door.

The JCSO is asking for help in solving these burglaries. A cash reward of up to $3000 is being offered and anyone with any information about these crimes or the person(s) involved is asked to contact Chipola Crime Stoppers at 850-526-5000 or the JCSO at 850-482-9624. Tips also can be submitted on the web at chipolacrimestoppers.com.            

CLEARWATER (AP) — Police say a Clearwater woman set her boyfriend on fire during an argument after a night of drinking.

According to police, 23-year-old Melissa Dawn Sellers doused Carlos Ortiz Jr. with nail polish remover early Wednesday and then ignited him with either a lighter or burnt cigarette.

The 42-year-old Ortiz was taken to Tampa General Hospital in critical condition. Police say he has burns on his face, chest and shoulders.

Sellers left the scene before police arrived, but was later arrested. She was initially charged with attempted murder, but now faces an aggravated battery charge.

Authorities say she is still being interviewed at the police station and will be booked into jail later Wednesday. It wasn't known whether she has an attorney or what she and her boyfriend were arguing about.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Panama City Beach man was arrested Tuesday on charges relating to the distribution of child pornography, the Bay County Sheriff's Office announced.

Investigators and agents with the Sheriff's Office, Panama City Beach Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations served a search warrant on the home of Ollis Allen Franks, 14900 Front Beach Road, after receiving information in reference to his distribution of child pornography online. During the execution of the warrant, Franks was interviewed and admitted he had posted the pornographic images of children.

Franks, 36, was transported to the Bay County Jail, charged with six counts of promoting the sexual performance of a child. The investigation is ongoing and more charges are possible, BCSO said.

CALLAWAY — A raccoon killed along North Gay Ave., north of Highway 22 in Callaway, has tested positive for rabies.

This is the seventh Bay County animal testing positive for rabies this year. A bat captured in the Bayhead Road area of Bayou George tested positive for rabies earlier this month. A rabid raccoon was killed in the Brandeis Avenue area of Panama City in May. Rabid raccoons were also captured or killed in the Lynn Haven, Cedar Grove and High Point areas of Bay County this year. 

The Florida Department of Health in Bay County reminds citizens that Florida law requires all dogs and cats more than four months old be currently vaccinated for rabies by a licensed veterinarian. Unvaccinated dogs and cats should not be outdoors without direct and continuous adult supervision.

Pet food left outdoors and uncovered garbage will attract raccoons to your yard. Placing or offering food or garbage in such a manner that it attracts raccoons is illegal in Florida. All contact with wild mammals or stray domestic mammals should be avoided. 

Rabies is a disease of the nervous system and is fatal to warm blooded animals and humans. Exposure to the virus can be  through broken skin (bites, scratches) or mucous membrane (eyes, nose, mouth) contact with infected saliva or tissues. The only treatment for human exposure to rabies is rabies-specific immune globulin and rabies immunization. Appropriate treatment started soon after the exposure will protect an exposed person from the disease. 

The department issued the following advice:

• Secure outside garbage in covered containers to avoid attracting wild animals.
• Do not leave pet food outside overnight as this attracts wild animals to your home and increasesthe chance of a pet-raccoon conflict.
•  If bitten or scratched by an animal, wash the wound immediately with soap and water.  Seek medical treatment as needed and report the injury to the Florida Department of Health in Bay Countyat (850) 872-4455, ext. 1125. If the animal is stray or wild, call 911 or Bay County Animal Control at (850) 784-4005 and report the animal’s location. In Lynn Haven, call the Lynn Haven Police Department at (850) 265-1112.  Follow up.  Rabies is             preventable when treatment is provided in a timely manner.
• If your dog or cat fights with a wild animal, contact the Florida Department of Health in Bay County immediately. The wild animal will need to be tested for rabies. Your animal may need to be quarantined. Do not shoot suspected rabid animals in the head.
• Do not touch animals that are not yours.  Avoid contact with all wildlife, especially raccoons, bats, bobcats, otters, foxes, skunks and coyotes. No animal is too young to have rabies.  A rabid animal may act friendly. 
• Wear rubber gloves and protective eyewear when dressing/butchering wild animals to avoid exposure to rabies and other diseases.  Cook all meat thoroughly to 165 degrees.
• For general questions pertaining to stray animals or odd acting wild animals, contact your area’s animal control department.
• For questions regarding the health of a pet, contact a veterinarian.
• Teach your children about rabies and to never touch a bat.

For further information on rabies, go to the Florida Department of Health website, doh.state.fl.us, or contact the Florida Department of Health in Bay County at 850-872-4720, ext. 1125.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Sheriff's Office is investigating the compromise of a person's bank account.

On Oct. 10, the victim, who lives in Philadelphia, learned someone got a counterfeit debit card for their personal bank account and used it to withdraw $3,880 from the account without their knowledge. The 10 transactions were conducted on July 31 and Aug. 1 at the automated teller machine at 10916 Hutchinson Blvd. in Panama City Beach.

The suspect is a black male who appears to be in his late teens or early 20s with medium build. He was last seen wearing a light-colored T-shirt, dark shorts, athletic shoes and  riding a bicycle while wearing small white earphones.

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PANAMA CITY — David Lee Clanton was found guilty as charged Wednesday night of murdering his father-in-law and was sentenced to life in prison.

Clanton, 34, visited the shallow grave he dug for his father-in-law, 69-year-old Arthur Moore, twice in the days following his death. Investigators were searching for Moore for more than a month as his family reported him missing and attempted to cover up a murder plot that was executed the night of Sept. 8, 2013.

Jurors found Clanton guilty of first-degree murder after more than three hours of deliberation. His wife, 28-year-old Mary Clanton, and mother-in-law, 64-year-old Lottie Moore, already have been convicted for accessory roles in the scheme.

The morning after Arthur Moore’s death and hasty burial, his wife, daughter and son-in-law subscribed to a story that he disappeared, unannounced.

Though the three lied to authorities for more than a month during the investigation, David Clanton was hopeful jurors would accept his testimony Wednesday that, after being drugged, he blacked out and awoke standing over the lifeless body of Arthur Moore.

“Next thing I know, I come to with my hands around his throat,” Clanton said. “It wasn’t like they was in a death grip, it was like they were placed there … . But I know I didn’t kill that man.”

Leading up to the murder of Arthur Moore, David Clanton said his mother-in-law drugged him with Arthur’s medication.

Both Lottie Moore and Mary Clanton testified during the trial that Arthur Moore, a retired Vietnam vet, was emotionally abusive and difficult to live with. All four lived together in a three-bedroom trailer on Stauber Road, off Campflowers Road. David Clanton said Lottie Moore propositioned him previously to kill Arthur Moore.

He declined, he said.

The night of Arthur Moore’s death, as David Clanton drifted out of consciousness, Lottie Moore asked him once again.

“She told me to think of my unborn daughter,” he recalled.

That was the last thing he remembered before waking up over Arthur Moore’s dead body, David Clanton told jurors.

David Clanton had previously confessed to killing Arthur Moore — after investigators closed in on him.

“I lied to put my life down for them,” he said of the first confession.

But after a conversation with his wife, who was also in police custody, both said Lottie Moore orchestrated the murder.

In his testimony Wednesday, David Clanton sobbed, suggesting Lottie Moore placed his hands on Arthur Moore’s throat after poisoning the veteran. During the three-day trial, each of the three shifted the blame to the other. But they all put David Clanton in the room at the time of Arthur Moore’s death and at the helm of the shovel that dug a 3-foot-deep grave near the Steelfield Landfill.

David Clanton admitted to visiting the burial site on two occasions.

“I felt bad for him,” he said. “Nobody should lose their life like that.”

Lottie Moore is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence and Mary Clanton is serving a three-year sentence.

David Clanton thanked the court for a respectful trial following the verdict. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his natural life in prison without a chance for parole.

NEW YORK (AP) — From violence to verbal taunts, abusive dating behavior is pervasive among America's adolescents, according to a new, federally funded survey. It says a majority of boys and girls who date describe themselves as both victims and perpetrators.

Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the survey of 667 youths was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.

Nearly 20 percent of both boys and girls reported themselves as victims of physical and sexual abuse in dating relationships. But the researchers reported what they called a startling finding when they asked about psychological abuse, broadly defined as actions ranging from name-calling to excessive tracking of a victim. More than 60 percent of each gender reported being victims and perpetrators of such behavior.

PANAMA CITY — A Panama City Police officer dodged pedestrians and crashed into a power pole in an early morning wreck that kept a stretch of busy highway closed for more than five hours Thursday.

A section of the road on Business 98 was closed off in front of Save-A-Lot in Millville after about 4 a.m. Thursday when the police officer crashed into a power pole. Officials with the Panama City Police Department said the officer was heading toward Springfield and some pedestrians crossed the road, forcing the officer to swerve into the pole to avoid them, police reported.

Neither the pedestrians nor the police officer requested medical assistance following the accident, according to PCPD spokesman Officer Richard Thore.

“None of the pedestrians were injured,” Thore said. “They actually walked off after the accident.”

Power and cable lines were downed and the road closed off as Gulf Power and cable companies worked to repair the damage into the afternoon. No charges were expected.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Matthew Lopez likened the room full of first responders at the Bay Point Wyndham Ballroom on Thursday to the television superheroes idolized by his young son.

“TV often shows us that superheroes wear capes,” Lopez said during the Bay County Chamber of Commerce’s First Responders Appreciation Luncheon. “I’m going to tell you something: The men and women sitting in here today don’t wear capes; they wear green, they wear blue, they wear white, they wear navy. Those are superheroes. ... They never hesitate to put our lives ahead of self.”

Lopez, chairman of the chamber’s First Responder Appreciation Task Force, joined hundreds of members of the business community in honoring local law enforcement, firefighters, emergency management and dispatchers during the fourth annual event.

The chamber honored three community first responders for going above and beyond to meet the needs of the community, with nominations coming from both first responder agencies and chamber members.

Jamey Wright of the Panama City Beach Police Department received the Community Service Award for his work with the Holiday Helpers program, Cops and Kids program, Panama City Beach Optimist Club, CrimeStoppers and many more service-oriented organizations.

The chamber’s Multidisciplinary Award went to Kevin French, who was honored for his many years of serving the community  as an emergency medical technician, law enforcement officer and firefighter. French now serves as a shift manager for the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Fire Department and also works for Bay County Emergency Services.

Panama City Police Department Officer Christopher Taylor received the Line of Duty Award for consistently weighing the needs and safety of those in crisis as well as his fellow officers above his own.

Also during the event, The Eye Center of North Florida presented its annual LASIK for Local Heroes, which provides free LASIK eye surgery to first responders, to Panama City firefighter Cole Suggs and Bay County firefighter Brent Gibson.

Chief Mark Giuliano, Emergency Services Flight, 96th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, served as the keynote speaker at the luncheon and praised Bay County first responders for their capabilities.  

“Dedication, loyalty, commitment, sacrifice — those are the adjectives that describe the people in this room,” Giuliano said. “They will not turn around. They won’t go back to the station. They are here to protect you. When you need help, they’re going to be there.”

Award recipients

• Community Service Award: Jamey Wright, Panama City Beach Police Department
• Multidisciplinary Award: Kevin French, Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Fire Department
• Line of Duty Award: Christopher Taylor, Panama City Police Department
• LASIK for Local Heroes: Cole Suggs, Panama City Fire Department; Brent Gibson, Bay County Fire Services

CALLAWAY — Authorities have arrested two juveniles who fled a party after allegedly assisting in an attack on one man while another was beaten to death, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.

Officials said several young people fled the party in the woods off Old Allanton Road early last Saturday morning after violence broke out between four partiers and three men who showed up uninvited on four-wheelers. An argument ensued and a fight led to the death of 48-year-old Jackie McClendon. Two adults were arrested shortly after the incident, and two juveniles have since been arrested, BCSO reported.

Officials said they do not expect any further arrests.

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Investigators announced Thursday the arrests of 17-year-olds John L. Belosic, of Panama City, and Matthew A. Oberly, of Southport. Belosic and Oberly have been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly attacking one of the other adults.

Jay Green, 21, of Youngstown, Chad Mercer, 18, of Panama City, were previously arrested on murder charges.

The four young men and several other young people were partying in the woods when McClendon and two other men showed up on four-wheelers, according to BCSO.

An argument between the younger group and the older men escalated into a fight, and Green knocked McClendon unconscious, BCSO said. While McClendon was on the ground, Mercer kicked him in the face, according to arrest records.

McClendon was later pronounced dead.

At the same time, Belosic and Oberly were engaged in a fight with another one of the men, BCSO reported.

The other two men’s identities have not been released.

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The four young men and several others fled after the fight. BCSO investigators identified Mercer and Green as suspects, and Green was arrested in a traffic stop. Mercer turned himself in after learning he was wanted.

Court records indicate Mercer had no previous recorded arrests for violence. Green violated a three-year probation on a grand theft charge from December 2011 by being arrested after Saturday’s incident.

Both men are being held without bond in Bay County Jail on open counts of murder, BCSO reported.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Authorities are investigating the death of a scooter driver after a vehicle pulled out in front of him on North Thomas Drive, Florida Highway Patrol Officers confirmed Friday.

Following a scooter accident on North Thomas Drive Wednesday night at about 7:45 p.m. that sent a man to the hospital in serious condition, FHP is now investigating the accident as a traffic homicide after the man was pronounced dead Thursday morning, according to FHP reports.

The driver of the scooter has not been identified, pending notification of family members.

FHP reported the accident happened in front of the entrance to the Naval Support Activity Panama City. The scooter driver was traveling southbound in the left lane, but he did not have his lights on as a vehicle pulled out in front of him, FHP said.

Ronald Wayne Compton, 61, was driving the other vehicle and failed to see the scooter driver as he pulled out of Hooters parking lot. Compton’s vehicle collided with the scooter, sending the driver to the roadway where he struck his head and lost consciousness. He was not wearing a helmet, FHP said.

The scooter driver was pronounced dead early Thursday.

Compton was not injured, FHP reported.

FHP is investigating the crash as a traffic homicide but have not announced any charges.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — A lone shooter was dead Friday after an attack at a high school north of Seattle, police said.

Marysville Police Commander Robb Lamoureux said the shooter was a student, but he did not have any additional information including where the shooting took place and if anyone else was killed or wounded.

Many students and staff members were seen walking out of Marysville Pilchuck High School, located about 30 miles north of Seattle, after police and ambulance crews surrounded the campus. Lamoureux said police were going room by room, searching the school to make sure it was safe.

“It is an active scene,” he said. “We do ask parents to please stay away.”

There were conflicting reports about the number of possible injuries. Susan Gregg, a spokeswoman at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, said the facility was expecting one patient but had no other information.

Arthur White, who lives across from the school, tells The Daily Herald a large number of police vehicles converged on the scene quickly late Friday morning.

“I've never seen so many police in my life. It's a tragedy,” White said.

Ayn Dietrich, an FBI spokesperson in Seattle, said the agency had personnel on their way to the scene to help authorities with the investigation.

The latest school shooting in the region happened at Seattle Pacific University, where a gunman killed one student and wounded two others on June 5.

PARKER — Police have arrested a Parker man who allegedly attempted to run over his girlfriend outside their home, according to court documents.

Dwight Maurice Hayes, 32, appeared in court Friday after Parker Police arrested him on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery. Hayes was arrested after a fight between he and his girlfriend at their Shade Street home Thursday spilled outside, police reported.

Police said Hayes threw his girlfriend to the floor at about 3:20 a.m. and dragged her through the house before grabbing her by the throat, causing her to lose her breath. The girlfriend then fled the home and was pushed down outside, according to an arrest report.

At one point, officers said, Hayes attempted to run over his girlfriend in a 2005 Ford SUV. He was arrested and taken to Bay County Jail on charges of battery by strangulation, battery and aggravated assault.

PANAMA CITY — An appeals court has agreed to give a man convicted of narcotics possession a new trial after being locked up based partly on the testimony of a discredited drug analyst, according to court records.

Jeremiah Beazley, 38, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after a deputy saw him sell drugs, run away and throw hundreds of pills, some of which landed in a watery ditch and were unable to be recovered, before he could be taken into custody. The Florida 1st District Court of Appeal reversed some charges against Beazley on Tuesday, meaning he could be retried on some of the charges.

Though the court granted Beazley a new trial for the charges of oxycodone and dilaudid possession, the court said his conviction for tampering with evidence would stick.

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Bay County Sheriff’s deputies reported 378 pills were collected and submitted to the FDLE lab for testing, but the lab returned only 288 pills. The drugs had been handled by a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) analyst who was later arrested on trafficking charges in connection with evidence in drug cases being stolen.

“The testimony of the FDLE analyst was not essential with regard to the tampering charge,” the court’s finding read. “It was the testimony of the arresting officer who had chased Beazley and who observed Beazley toss a bag of pills into a ditch which was dispositive as to that charge.”

The difference could reduce Beazley’s sentence to five years, but his lawyers said the case should be dropped due to the possibility that the pills also were swapped at the FDLE. Walter Smith, Beazley’s attorney, argued the pills, regardless of whether they were shown to be controlled substances or not, were rendered inadmissible by virtue of the tampering committed by the FDLE analyst.

“If there is a substantial likelihood the evidence has been tampered with, then it is unreliable,” Smith said. “Who’s to say the pills seized here were the same to go off to the lab?”

After Beazley’s conviction, Joseph Graves, the FDLE analyst who testified at Beazley’s trial as to the nature of the abandoned pills, was arrested for trafficking of controlled substances taken from an FDLE laboratory.

Graves testified he weighed the pills because the weight of controlled substances determines whether a defendant will be charged with trafficking and face a possible minimum mandatory sentence. Graves said he didn’t count pills submitted to the lab, and BCSO testified they either must have miscounted the pills or entered the wrong number on their report.

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The 14th Circuit State Attorney’s Office could choose to retry the possession charges against Beazley. The assistant state attorney who worked on the case could not be reached for comment.

Many other prosecutors’ offices throughout the state have decided to drop cases effected by Graves’ arrest, but Smith was doubtful the case would be thrown out.

“We’re going to be fighting the good fight all over again,” Smith said.

PANAMA CITY -- Authorities have been looking for a pregnant woman since she was reported missing about a week ago, according to Panama City Police reports.

Jorge Munguia told police he had not seen his wife Donna Durden since about 3 p.m. last Saturday. He went fishing with a family member off Panama City Beach that day. When Munguia returned home at about 8 p.m., he found suitcases packed for Durden and their children, but Durden was nowhere to be found, officers reported.

The children were also in the home.

Durden’s employer at the Sandpiper Beach Resort told police she picked up her paycheck the Thursday before. The next morning, Durden sent her a text saying her and Munguia had gotten into an argument and she would not be coming to work. Her employer told police Durden has not called or shown up for work since, in an uncharacteristic fashion.

MARIANNA - A 47-year-old man was arrested after officers said he hit his sister and a 79-year-old man who tried to stop the attack.

According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Courtland E. Kent was charged with domestic battery and felony battery on a person 65 years of age or older.

On Friday, the JCSO responded to a reported disturbance at a residence on Paulk Road, where it was determined that an argument had turned physical when a man identified as Kent held his sister down and struck her numerous times in the face causing noticeable injuries.

Kent’s father witnessed the incident and tried to stop Kent from striking his sister. Kent then struck his father several times causing injuries to his arm and face.

At the conclusion of the investigation, Kent was placed under arrest for domestic battery and felony battery on a person 65 years of age or older.

MARIANNA -- A 22-year-old Marianna man was arrested Thursday night after leading a deputy on a chase until crashing.

On Thursday at about 8 p.m., a Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy observed a Honda “four wheeler” ATV with three occupants traveling east on Gardenview Road without any exterior lights.

The deputy attempted a traffic stop, but the driver of the ATV, later identified as Christan William Dean, refused to stop and a vehicle pursuit ensued. The pursuit continued until nearing the intersection of Fairview Road and Mystery Springs Road, where Dean abruptly applied the brakes and pulled behind the patrol vehicle, ramming the rear driver’s side tail light assembly and bumper causing Dean to lose control. The ATV rolled over, throwing the occupants onto the paved roadway. The front occupant was knocked unconscious and the rear passenger received multiple abrasions and lacerations to the face.

Dean ran into a wooded area east of Fairview Road as the deputy attempted to help the injured. A short time later, Dean exited the wooded area and was taken into custody. He was charged with fleeing and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer with property damage and serious injury, DUI with serious injury and resisting officer without violence.

The injuries to the front passenger were serious and the passenger was transported to Jackson Hospital to receive treatment.

CALLAWAY — A 58-year-old Panama City Beach woman died Saturday night after she was hit by a truck near State 22 and Mary Ella Avenue.

Deborah Marie Thomas was in the eastbound lane of State 22 around 7:15 p.m. Saturday when she was struck by a truck driven eastbound by 62-year-old Rodney Petercheff of Somerset, Ky. Thomas was taken to Bay Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Petercheff and his passenger Gloria Petercheff were not injured, and the FHP didn't release any charges.