PCB man not charged in fatal collision
NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA -- A Panama City Beach man who struck and killed a bicyclist with his vehicle in Newport News, Va. last week will not be charged in the incident, according to Virginia State...
View ArticleExhumation begins in Marianna
MARIANNA — University of South Florida researchers began exhuming human remains of more than 50 students at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna on Saturday. It’s the first of...
View ArticleUPDATED: 4 divers rescued by Coast Guard off Panama City
PANAMA CITY — A United States Coast Guard air crew rescued four divers about 20 miles off the coast of Panama City overnight Friday. None of the divers were injured. The divers were supposed to return...
View ArticlePolice: Man dies in apparent accidental shooting
A 32-year-old Pensacola man was killed after a gun apparently accidentally discharged at a home in Lynn Haven, according to the Lynn Haven Police Department. Investigator Steve McNeil identified the...
View ArticleFire destroys mobile home
FOUNTAIN - Fire officials were on the scene of a blaze at a mobile home in the 12000 block of Moore Park Sunday night. The fire destroyed the home but no one was injured, officials said. No other...
View ArticleWoman charged in boyfriend’s stabbing
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A woman has been charged with aggravated domestic battery in the stabbing of her boyfriend Monday morning in Panama City Beach. Police responded about 8 a.m. to a local hospital,...
View ArticleDiscrimination suit against school district thrown out
PANAMA CITY — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in which the plaintiff claimed gender discrimination against Bay District Schools. Plaintiff Mike Richardson claimed James Thompson, his...
View ArticleMissing cat turns up dead, neighbors suspicious
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Deputies suspect wild animals are killing the house cats of an upscale neighborhood, but people who have seen the corpses believe the pets are being killed by people. Deputies are...
View ArticleFormer Franklin housing director pleads guilty to embezzlement // DOCUMENTS
APALACHICOLA — The former executive director of the Apalachicola Housing Authority has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $11,000 from her employer at the tail end of the nearly four years she...
View ArticleProsecutor: Co-defendant was drunk during firebombing, testimony useless
PANAMA CITY — As part of his plea deal in the firebombing of a Muslim doctor’s home last year, Daniel Blankenship, 22, was supposed to testify against co-defendant Patrick Pippen. But Pippen, 22, was...
View ArticlePolice searching for three individuals who broke into Toucan's Restaurant
MEXICO BEACH - Police here are searching for three individuals who broke into Toucan's Restaurant and did not take anything, according to a news release. The incident happened on August 11 around 11...
View ArticleFailed bike thief faces 10 years
PANAMA CITY -- A man who tried to steal a bicycle is looking at 10 years behind bars as a habitual felony offender after he was convicted Wednesday of burglary, according to the State Attorney’s...
View ArticleJudge: Kidnapping suspect can’t keep evidence
PANAMA CITY — A man accused of raping a woman he allegedly kidnapped to return to forced prostitution will not be allowed to keep copies of the evidence the government will produce in his jail cell, a...
View ArticleBLOTTER: There’s no place like detox
A man got drunk and refused to leave the bar, so police came. After the man calmed down, an officer offered to drive the man and his bike home. Good deal right? Except when they arrived at the home,...
View ArticleBlotter: Suspect avoids arrest with the old “she fell down” excuse
The Blotter is a lighthearted look at some of the unusual things found in local law enforcement reports. Deputies responded to a domestic violence call just after 1 p.m. Sunday. The female victim was...
View ArticlePC man climbs to roof of gym, charged with trespassing
FARMINGTON, MAINE — Authorities say a local man who fell 40 feet from the roof of a University of Maine at Farmington building will face charges as soon as he's released from the hospital. Police say...
View ArticleCommunity leader Julian Bennett injured in crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Longtime Panama City resident and community leader Julian Bennett, 84, was critically injured Friday afternoon in a crash in Panama City Beach. Bennett, 84, was driving his car...
View ArticleCouple charged for injured child
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A young mother and her boyfriend were arrested for allegedly punishing her 4-year-old son to the point caregivers at his daycare notified authorities of the child’s extensive...
View Article6 arrested after children found playing in highway
PARKER -- Six people were arrested Friday after police found three small children playing in East Highway 98 unattended, according to Parker police. Arrested were Tiffany Jean Bell, 23, David Edward...
View ArticleAggravated battery suspects literally caught red-handed
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A pair of aggravated battery suspects were literally caught red-handed by Bay County Sheriff’s deputies this week. Steve Burke, 40, and Charlie Sides, 40, each had blood on their...
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