UPDATE: Outrage spreads with bystander video of police shooting (VIDEO)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired after being charged with murder, the city's mayor...
View ArticleUPDATE: Alabama fugitives, one wanted for murder, nabbed in PCB
PANAMA CITY BEACH — An Alabama couple on the run from armed robbery and murder charges has been arrested on the Beach, the Panama City Beach Police Department reported. Police found Curtis Austin and...
View ArticleDrugs and guns punctuate the story of Spring Break 2015
PANAMA CITY — Drugs and guns were the story of Spring Break 2015, according to officials with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. As an unprecedented Spring Break season nears an end, BCSO rolled out...
View ArticleRainbow Gathering murder suspect moved to jail
EASTPOINT — The 40-year-old Georgia man in custody on murder charges stemming from a March 5 shooting at a Rainbow Gathering in the Apalachicola National Forest has been transferred out of the...
View ArticleMan dies in Gulf
ST. GEORGE ISLAND — A 75-year-old Michigan man died Wednesday afternoon while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off St. George Island. According to a report from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the...
View ArticleMan charged in stabbing, burglary, drugs, bomb threat
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Officers have arrested a suspect sought in connection with a stabbing incident at a gas station, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office press release. BCSO and Panama City...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 10 years for vehicular homicide
PANAMA CITY — An Arkansas man who crashed while traveling at more than twice the posted speed limit along a residential road has been sentenced to 10 years for the death of a Panama City Beach woman,...
View ArticleMan arrested 5 months after crash
PARKER — A Panama City man has been arrested after a single-car crash in a modified vehicle left one of his passengers paralyzed, according to police reports. Martin Lee Erwin Jr., 26, was arrested...
View ArticleSenate holsters university gun proposal
TALLAHASSEE — The Senate likely will not move forward with a controversial measure that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns on the campuses of Florida colleges and...
View ArticleAlabama man caught in PCB charged in woman's death
GADSDEN, Ala. — An Attalla, Ala. man arrested in Panama City Beach stands charged with murder, along with his wife, also found in Panama City Beach, in the death of a woman killed in Marshall County...
View ArticlePSJ woman awarded $6 million in lawsuit after defense no-shows
PORT ST. JOE — A Gulf County jury last week awarded a Port St. Joe woman over $6 million due to injuries suffered while working at a now-closed restaurant. Whether Evelyn Holland receives a dime...
View ArticleBCSO: Man charged with sexual battery tries to escape
PANAMA CITY — A local man arrested on charges of sexual battery of two teenagers now faces additional charges for allegedly attempting to break out of the interrogation room, the Bay County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 arrested in Panama City Beach Spring Break 'gang rape'
PANAMA CITY — Officers have arrested two students on charges of what authorities are calling a Spring Break “gang rape” on a crowded beach in broad daylight, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleOne suspect in Alabama killing waives extradition from Bay County
GADSDEN, Ala. — Marshall County District Attorney Steve Marshall said one suspect has waived extradition and authorities are waiting to see if the other does in the murder of a Marshall County woman....
View ArticleBCSO arrest log (April 3-8)
Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges April 3-8. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted....
View ArticleOne injured in boat fire
PANAMA CITY — A man suffered burns in a boat fire Friday evening at Watson Bayou Marina, according to the Panama City Fire Department. Firefighters were called to blaze about 5:30 p.m. The boat’s...
View ArticleTwo charged with rape arrive at Bay County jail
PANAMA CITY -- Two men charged in the Spring Break gang rape in Panama City Beach have been booked into the Bay County Jail. Ryan Austin Calhoun and Delonte' Martistee are charged with sexual battery...
View ArticleVernon man charged after drug raid
CHIPLEY — A man was arrested for drugs and stolen property on Sunday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. David Lavaughn Parrish, 55, of Vernon was arrested and charged after a weekend...
View ArticleTwo men sought by PCPD for attempted robbery
PANAMA CITY — Two suspects in an attempted robbery of a man outside of Smitty’s BBQ are being sought by police after their trail went cold, the Panama City Police Department reported on Monday....
View ArticleConvicted killer Falcon to return to Bay County for resentencing
PANAMA CITY — A woman convicted of a Callaway murder and sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile will be returning to Bay County courts to be resentenced, according to officials. However, a date has...
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