Convict gets community service for probation violation
PANAMA CITY -- A woman who drove a mile after hitting a man in 1998 with the man’s severed leg in her vehicle has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service and fined $100 after admitting to a...
View ArticleMistrial declared in murder trial
PANAMA CITY — Phillip Brock got on the witness stand and refuted much of the testimony that came during the first two days of his trial on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Terry Brazil....
View ArticleSheriff’s Office searches for possible sex offender
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a possible sex offender after a 7-year-old girl awoke Saturday morning to find a strange man in her bed. The Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleDrug cases filling prisons
PANAMA CITY — In August, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called for sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system. Too many people, he said, are sitting in prison for drug offenses due to minimum...
View Article2 critically injured in crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH - Two people were critically injured in a three-vehicle crash in Panama City Beach on Sunday afternoon. Panama City Beach police responded to the crash at Panama City Beach Parkway...
View Article12 killed in Washington Navy Yard shooting
WASHINGTON — As many as two gunmen launched an attack Monday morning inside the Washington Navy Yard, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the heavily secured...
View ArticleUPDATE: 13 killed in Navy Yard shooting rampage
WASHINGTON — A former Navy man opened fire Monday morning inside a building at the heavily secured Washington Navy Yard, spraying bullets at office workers in the cafeteria and the halls, authorities...
View ArticleBCSO reviewing shooting of two dogs
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is reviewing an incident in which a deputy shot and killed two pit bulls that had forced an Animal Control office to retreat to her vehicle and call for backup. Bay...
View ArticleMan hospitalized after motorcycle crash
PANAMA CITY — A man was hospitalized Monday afternoon after he crashed a small motorcycle just north of the intersection of U.S. 231 and Pinetree Road, according to Panama City Police. Police didn’t...
View ArticleFire at Bay Point Marina contained
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Three fire crews battled a blaze in the Bay Point Marina on Monday evening when a roughly 40-foot boat caught fire, Bay County Emergency Services Chief Mark Bowen said. It was not...
View ArticleContract worker behind Navy Yard shooting rampage
WASHINGTON — The deadly attack at the Washington Navy Yard was carried out by one of the military's own: a defense contract employee and former Navy reservist who used a valid pass to get onto the...
View ArticleBLOTTER: Bad place for target practice
SOUTHPORT -- Target practice at 3 a.m. on a public road seems a little odd, but maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time. Shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, a Bay County deputy spotted a car parked on...
View ArticleState appeals judge’s decision to suppress meth evidence // DOCUMENT
PANAMA CITY — Prosecutors are appealing a judge’s decision to suppress evidence against a man police described as perhaps the biggest distributor of crystal meth in Bay County on the grounds deputies...
View ArticleNo one injured in school bus crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Bay County school bus was involved in a minor crash Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Three children were on the bus, but no one was injured. FHP said...
View ArticleState high court upholds death sentence
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Holmes County man sentenced to death last year after he was convicted of kidnapping a woman and...
View ArticleUPDATED: Sheriff acquitted, reinstated
BRISTOL — A Panhandle jury took roughly an hour on Thursday to declare suspended Liberty County Sheriff Nick Finch not guilty of misconduct stemming from his decision to intervene in a gun arrest....
View ArticleFormer small-town councilman convicted in theft
MALONE — A former Malone city councilman was convicted Thursday of grand theft auto and dealing in stolen property. Fred Lee Jones, 65, of Malone, was arrested in March 2012 in connection with...
View ArticleChild lies about razor blade in Halloween candy
LYNN HAVEN — A child lied about finding a razor blade in his Halloween candy Thursday, according to the Panama City Beach Police Department. Police reported responding about 8:45 p.m. to a home in...
View ArticleMan arrested in firebombing
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Panama City Beach man was arrested late Friday after a homemade firebomb was thrown near a residence, according to Beach police. Garrent E. Sadler, 23, was charged with...
View ArticleSouthport man killed in wreck
SOUTHPORT - A Southport man was killed Saturday when his vehicle ran off the road and landed in Fanning Bayou, Florida Highway Patrol officials wrote in a news release. Lee Eugene Lott, 32, was...
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