PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police arrested at least five homeless men early Friday morning for blocking a public beach access, according to court records.
Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, Panama City Beach Police officers descended on Beach Access 66, near 17290 Front Beach Road, and arrested five individuals for “impermissible activities at a beach access.”
All of the suspects were identified as transients and cited with misdemeanor offenses. Officers wrote up the citations with idententical language as “obstructing or causing to be obstructed the free and unencumbered travel” of a public beach access.
The men were then taken to Bay County Jail.