Fugitive arrested

PANAMA CITY BEACH - A man wanted for rape in Alabama was arrested Tuesday in Panama City Beach, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies, in partnership with the U.S. Marshal’s North Florida Fugitive Task Force, received a tip that Donald Emory Lacey was in Panama City Beach. Lacey, 43, was arrested without incident at motel on the beach and taken to the Bay County Jail to await extradition to Dothan, Ala., to be prosecuted.