PANAMA CITY — A local man has been charged with 18 counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to Panama City Police Department arrest reports.
David Lee Turner, 45, was arrested Tuesday at about 7:30 a.m. while he was fishing near the 600 block of U.S. Business Hwy. 98, police reported.
Officers charged Turner with 18 counts of felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition, counting the 9-mm handgun he was carrying and each of the 17 rounds of ammo in the clip, police reported. Turner told the officers he always brought the gun with him when he went fishing, police said.
The charge is the first for Turner in Bay County, according to court records. But PCPD reported Turner had been convicted of a second-degree felony in 1992 in Erie County, New York. He also was charged with not having a valid driver’s license.