Police seek credit fraudster
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Police Department is seeking a man suspected of using a stolen credit card. The man, described as white in his late 40s to mid 50s and weighing at least 250 pounds, was...
View ArticleMan gets 24 years for shooting in parking lot
PANAMA CITY — A man who shot a potential customer in daylight in the parking lot of a 23rd Street hardware store during a marijuana deal gone awry has been sentenced to serve 24 years in prison,...
View ArticleWork set on Airport Road
PANAMA CITY — Drivers will encounter lane closures on Airport Road in Panama City between Jenks Avenue and State 390 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday while Florida Department of Transportation...
View ArticleChipley kidnapping trial beings Wednesday
CHIPLEY — Opening arguments will be heard before Judge Colby Peel on Wednesday in the trial of the man accused of the February 2013 kidnapping and beating of a Chipley woman. Christopher Cruz Walley,...
View ArticleMan gets probation for attacking EMS worker after crash
PANAMA CITY — A Georgia man who thought a bomb was in his car when he crashed into a couple’s golf cart and seriously injured them has been sentenced to five years of probation, according to court...
View ArticleMan charged with sex with minor
SPRINGFIELD — A 69-year-old Springfield man has been arrested on charges of unlawful sexual acts with a minor, according to court documents. Thomas George West was arrested Monday in connection with a...
View ArticleMan guilty of robbery
CHIPLEY — A 24-year-old man has been found guilty of robbing a man within his own home at gunpoint, the State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. A Washington County jury convicted Brandon Terrell...
View ArticleMental health facility employee arrested
MARIANNA — Authorities have arrested an employee of a care facility for the mentally disabled in connection with an incident that left a resident with a broken neck, the state Attorney General’s...
View ArticleMan accused of posing as officer to cut into fast-food line
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has been charged with impersonating an officer by using sirens and flashing lights to skip to the head of the drive-thru line at a fast-food restaurant. Odessa...
View ArticleMan charged with attempted sexual battery at Haney campus
LYNN HAVEN — A man was arrested and charged after an alleged sexual battery on the campus of the Tom P. Haney Technical Center, Lynn Haven Police reported. Yvad Akeem Grant, 18, of Panama City Beach...
View Article‘Pour it out’ Mixed reactions to beach alcohol ban
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Opinions varied among visitors Wednesday during the first day of a prohibition against drinking on the beach. Airplanes towing large banners along the coastline carried a...
View ArticleMan dies in crash
GRACEVILLE — An 83-year-old man was killed in a single vehicle traffic crash after overturning several times, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. Clifton Dicky, of Graceville,was...
View ArticleMother, daughters sentenced for BP fraud
PANAMA CITY — A mother and her two daughters will have to repay a total of almost $50,000 attained by filing fraudulent BP claims, according to federal court records. Rebecca Louise Vickner and her...
View ArticleFranklin County freshman admits to, arrested for bomb threat
EASTPOINT — A Franklin County High School freshman admitted to writing the bomb threat Monday that forced the early closure of the school and he was arrested and charged in the incident....
View ArticleChipley man guilty in kidnapping
CHIPLEY — A Washington County jury convicted Christopher Walley on Thursday of kidnapping and beating a Chipley woman, the State Attorney’s Office reported. Assistant State Attorney Shalla Jefcoat...
View ArticlePlea, plea, baby: Vanilla Ice accepts deal in Florida burglary case
WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — Vanilla Ice has accepted a plea deal to perform community service after being arrested over the break-in and theft at an abandoned home in Florida. The rapper, whose real name...
View ArticleMan sentenced in fatal road rage incident
MARIANNA — A North Carolina man convicted in a case of road rage that turned deadly accepted a plea deal Thursday before the verdict could be filed, according to a State Attorney’s Office news...
View ArticleFlorida prison workers in KKK accused of plotting to kill inmate
GAINESVILLE (AP) — Three Ku Klux Klan members who worked at a Florida prison have been charged with plotting to kill a black inmate after his release because they believed the man is infected with HIV...
View Article7 men arrested Wednesday on drug charges in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH — It was a bad day Wednesday to be an MDMA salesman on the beach. Panama City Beach Police and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested seven people Wednesday on charges of intending...
View ArticleWork planned on I-10
MARIANNA — Motorists can expect alternating lane closures on I-10 in Jackson County Tuesday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. as crews perform pavement coring and surveying, the Florida...
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