Man charged with child abuse
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City Beach man has been charged with two counts of child abuse. Daniel Patrick Holmes, 33, is accused of causing injuries to his child that required medical treatment....
View ArticleBand director charged with child abuse // DOCUMENT
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The band director of Surfside Middle School has been suspended following his arrest Friday on a child abuse charge. Karen Tucker, school district spokesperson, verified Saturday...
View ArticleBLOTTER: Oh, one of THOSE knives
The Blotter is a lighthearted look at some of the unusual things found in local law enforcement reports. A man called police to report his girlfriend for hitting him with her fists and a knife. When...
View ArticleUpdated: FHP arrests Graceville man accused of machete attack
PANAMA CITY — Authorities have arrested a Graceville man accused of attacking his father with a machete Saturday. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in the 4000 block of U.S. 77,...
View ArticleMurder case goes to trial
PANAMA CITY — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of a man accused of killing his neighbor and stealing his things. Deputies found Terry Brazil dead in his home on Dec. 27 last...
View ArticleGeorgia man charged with grand theft in PCB
A 22-year-old Georgia man is facing charges after confessing to a vehicle burglary that occurred in the parking lot of the First Watch Café in Panama City Beach Sunday. Panama City Beach Police...
View ArticleBay Point reports 2nd mutilated cat
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A scuba diver with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office spent Monday afternoon searching a golf course water hazard after receiving another report of a mutilated cat found in the road...
View ArticleRobber gets 20 years for lotto caper
One of the men accused of robbing a woman in her home at gunpoint after she won $90,000 in a lottery was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Rossi...
View ArticleGeorgia man fled police before his arrest
A 22-year-old Georgia man is facing charges after confessing to a vehicle burglary that occurred Sunday in the parking lot of the First Watch Café in Panama City Beach. Panama City Beach Police...
View ArticleConn. man with Lynn Haven ties draws 60 years in cannibalism case
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Connecticut man who killed a vagrant with an ax and ate his brain and eyes has been committed to a maximum-security psychiatric hospital in Connecticut after being found not...
View ArticleSouthport woman killed in crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A Southport woman was killed in a crash on U.S. 98 at Governor Drive Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Brenda L. Cox, 52, was in a 2013 Kia Soul stopped and...
View ArticleTestimony begins in murder trial
PANAMA CITY — Around the time Terry Brazil was killed, Phillip Brock offered to sell precious metals that he said he had buried in his yard, according to testimony on the first day of Brock’s trial on...
View ArticleMan reported missing
BAYOU GEORGE — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a Bayou George man missing since 6:15 a.m. Monday. Family members contacted the BCSO that day at 1:48 p.m. when Arthur Moore failed to...
View ArticleDeputies serve search warrant in cat mutilation investigation
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Bay County Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant in Bay Point Tuesday in connection with an ongoing investigation into the deaths of at least two housecats whose mutilated...
View ArticleBay Point man charged as cat probe continues
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Bay Point resident with animal cruelty, though the man has not been connected to the recent deaths of two cats in the community. Brian...
View ArticleWitness: Dead man’s belongings found at defendant’s home
PANAMA CITY — Several people who knew Philip Brock have testified that they never knew him to be a gun enthusiast or coin collector, but when investigators searched his mobile home they found more...
View ArticleBP seeks cuts in settlement program's budget
NEW ORLEANS — BP has urged a federal judge to reject a $111 million budget request by the court-supervised administrator of the company's multibillion-dollar settlement with Gulf Coast businesses and...
View ArticleButler withdraws ‘Stand Your Ground’ motion
PORT ST. JOE — A hearing scheduled for Monday to hear a motion to dismiss murder charges against Walt Butler was canceled after the motion was withdrawn without a reason provided by defense attorneys....
View ArticleMan arrested in stabbing
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City Beach man was arrested Thursday night after an altercation with another man ended in a stabbing, according to Panama City Beach Police. Arrested was Danny Robert...
View ArticleFirefighter treated after Callaway blaze // PHOTO GALLERY
CALLAWAY — A firefighter was hospitalized Friday morning after suffering heat exhaustion while battling a major house fire in Callaway. Fire crews from Callaway, Springfield, Parker, Bay County and...
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