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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...

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Mistrial 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....

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Sheriff’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...

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Drug 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...

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2 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...

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12 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...

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UPDATE: 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...

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BCSO 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...

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Man 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...

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Fire 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...

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Contract 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...

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BLOTTER: 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...

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State 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...

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No 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...

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State 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...

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UPDATED: 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....

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Former 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...

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Child 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...

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Man 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...

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Southport 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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