2 plead guilty to tax scam
PANAMA CITY — Two people involved in a tax fraud scheme using identities stolen from patients in a Bonifay assisted living home have admitted to 31 federal charges of wire fraud and identity theft....
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 ex-Washington County guards plead guilty to beating
PANAMA CITY — Three of five former Washington County prison guards now have pleaded guilty in federal court to brutally beating an inmate in an orchestrated attack. Former Florida Department of...
View ArticleMan arrested for burglary attack
MARIANNA — Authorities have arrested a man for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home before strangling her and threatening her with a knife, according to a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office press...
View ArticleTeen charged with making threats against fellow student, school
PANAMA CITY — A 15-year-old Bay High School student has been arrested for allegedly making a threat on social media against a fellow student and the school, according to officials at the Bay County...
View ArticleMan blames attorney for convictions in 4 Marianna murders
MARIANNA — Whether a Jackson County man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her three children will receive a new trial has not yet been determined, but a circuit judge took the matter under...
View ArticleBusted for busts: 12 arrested for violating county's 'morality law'
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Undercover officers have arrested and charged 11 dancers in a local club for allegedly exposing their breasts to patrons, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. The manager...
View ArticleUPDATE: Sheriff asks for up to $40,000 before ‘Freaknik’
PANAMA CITY — Sheriff Frank McKeithen is asking the Bay County Commission to pay for up to $40,000 in overtime costs to patrol what law enforcement is dubbing a “Freaknik” event next weekend at the...
View ArticleFountain man convicted of rape
BLOUNTSTOWN — A Fountain man has been convicted of a violent rape, according to a State Attorney’s Office press release. Chief Assistant State Attorney Greg Wilson and Assistant State Attorney Ana...
View ArticleBCSO arrest log (April 8-15)
Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges April 8-15. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted....
View ArticleHCSO responding to murder scene in Ponce de Leon
PONCE DE LEON - The Holmes County Sheriff's Office is responding to a report of a murder in Ponce de Leon. A female victim has been reported as deceased and a male victim is in unknown condition....
View ArticleUPDATE: Police shoot, kill armed man on Beck Avenue
PANAMA CITY — A shotgun-wielding man was shot and killed by police on Beck Avenue early Saturday morning after refusing commands to drop the weapon and instead “engaging” officers, according to Panama...
View ArticlePublic meeting set to discuss State 79, Back Beach Road work
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Florida Department of Transportation will host a public hearing concerning proposed improvements to the intersection of Back Beach Road and State 79 in Panama City Beach. The...
View ArticleMore details released in Holmes County slaying
The second of two intended victims remained in unknown condition at a Bay County Hospital Sunday evening, following a slaying that took place at a Grant Road home in Ponce de Leon Saturday. The Holmes...
View ArticleMemorial honors the joy of life
PANAMA CITY – At the Panama City Mall this week, a table is set for eight while a placard at its head declares it to be “in loving memory of all victims of the 14th Judicial Circuit whose lives were...
View ArticleMan charged with illegally killing 505-pound Mako shark
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A local fisherman has been charged with harpooning a 505-pound Mako shark off the coast of Panama City Beach, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...
View Article6 arrested in ‘drug house’ bust
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested six men in connection with a “drug house” bust, according to a Panama City Police Department news release. PCPD reported officers served a search warrant at 1302...
View ArticleUPDATE: Pensacola man charged with murder in PDL shooting
PONCE DE LEON — A 28-year-old Pensacola man is being charged with an open count of murder in connection with a fatal shooting in Ponce de Leon on Saturday, according to a news release from the Holmes...
View ArticleTriple murder suspect: ‘I killed my friend’ (READ CONFESSION)
PANAMA CITY — A man who admitted the shooting deaths of a local nightclub owner and a Santa Rosa County couple came at the hands of his pill addiction appeared in court Monday. Derrick Ray Thompson,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police release names of man killed, officers in P.C. shooting
PANAMA CITY — The man police shot and killed Saturday in St. Andrews after allegedly threatening them with a shotgun had been sentenced one day before his death for improperly displaying a firearm,...
View ArticleMan shot over radio argument
MARIANNA — One Jackson County man has been hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the chest after an argument over a C.B. radio, according to a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office news release. Alex Oliver...
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