Escapee charged five months after capture
PANAMA CITY — An escaped convict has been charged with escaping prison nearly five months after his capture, according to court records. Gregory M. Burdeshaw, 24, was charged with escaping from prison...
View ArticlePair sought in check fraud scheme
LYNN HAVEN — Lynn Haven Police issued a warning Friday of a counterfeit check scam operating in the area and is asking for the public’s help in locating persons of interest who are being sought for...
View ArticleEx-cop charged for boatyard break-in, again
LANARK VILLAGE — A former Franklin County sheriff’s deputy and Carrabelle police officer, on pre-trial release for allegedly stealing marine radios last fall off boats housed in a storage yard in...
View ArticleFamily: Missing man’s signature forged
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Checks signed after the disappearance of John “Greg” Hughes were penned by a suspicious hand, family members testified Friday. Barry Davis, 34, is currently charged with several...
View ArticleCouple charged with neglecting elderly person
PANAMA CITY — A local couple has been arrested on charges of neglecting an elderly person after officers discovered the deceased body of one suspect’s mother covered with several bedsores, according...
View ArticleCourt forces prisons to go kosher
TALLAHASSEE — After more than a decade of legal wrangling, a federal judge has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections to provide kosher meals to inmates, rejecting the state’s argument that the...
View ArticleBCSO arrest log (April 22-29)
Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges April 22-29. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted....
View ArticleNaked woman arrested after chasing boyfriend with a knife
FORT MYERS (AP) — A Fort Myers woman was arrested after deputies say they found her running naked through a neighborhood chasing her boyfriend with a knife. Police told The News-Press of Fort Myers...
View Article4 charged after standoff
GRACEVILLE — Four people have been arrested after an investigation of drug and firearms possession by a felon, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel Carroll, 34, and his wife,...
View Article‘Mexican Mud’: Officers fight to keep heroin in check
PANAMA CITY — The undercover federal agents were getting closer to “Duck Dynasty.” By September, the agents had gradually upped their quantity requests to one of Bay County’s heroin point men to about...
View ArticleDestin man killed in PCB crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Destin man was killed in an early morning crash Friday, police reported. Chad Dale Hamilton, 42, was traveling east on Front Beach Road on a 2008 Harley-Davidson approaching the...
View ArticleCSI: Panama City - FSU campus to offer crime scene degree
PANAMA CITY — Students at Florida State University Panama City will be able to pursue studies in crime scene investigation, as of Aug. 1. The school is offering a bachelor of science degree beginning...
View Article6 roads to close for flyover work
PANAMA CITY — Construction on the flyover for U.S. 98 and 23rd Street likely won’t begin until September, but Panama City is preparing now. The project will be bid May 20 followed by a preconstruction...
View ArticleHolmes County tops state in pot seizures by wide margin
BONIFAY — Holmes County led the state by a huge margin in the number of outdoor-grown marijuana plants seized last year. According to the March 2015 report on the state marijuana eradication program...
View ArticlePolice: Child dies after accidental shooting in Panama City
PANAMA CITY — A 7-year-old girl died on Sunday from a gunshot wound to the head in what police said was an accidental shooting, the Panama City Police Department reported. PCPD received a 911 call at...
View ArticleMan dies, passenger injured in single-vehicle crash
A man died and his passenger was injured in a single-vehicle crash Monday morning in Jackson County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Juquan Jerome Goodson, 23, of Grand Ridge was pronounced dead...
View ArticleMurder suspect: Missing couple owed money for drug habit
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — As investigators sought information on the whereabouts of a missing Santa Rosa Beach man and Panama City Beach woman, the man who later would be accused of their murder told...
View ArticlePolice respond to 5 calls believed to be related to synthetic drugs
Authorities with two agencies responded to five medical calls on Sunday believed to involve the ingestion of a synthetic drug that induces bizarre, dangerous behavior, the Bay County Sheriff's Office...
View ArticleVictim: Stabbing at bus station was over a ‘funny look’
PANAMA CITY — All it took was a look, a perceived slight, for Marlon Sequeria to get stabbed three times with a screwdriver on Tuesday morning. Sequeria was on the phone outside of the Greyhound Bus...
View ArticleFather: Bullet pierced wall, killed 6-year-old in another room
PANAMA CITY — An investigation into the accidental shooting death of a 6-year-old by her father will be turned over to state prosecutors to determine whether charges should be filed, according to...
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