Bay County man gets 15 years in fatal DUI crash
PANAMA CITY— A Bayou George man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for killing a man while driving drunk. Margarito Curiel-Agiorri, 44, of 7241 Coe Road, also had his driver’s license revoked...
View ArticleJury picked for ex-BP engineer's federal trial
NEW ORLEANS — Twelve jurors and three alternates have been picked to hear the Justice Department's case against a former BP drilling engineer charged with deleting text messages and voicemails about...
View ArticleFHP: Medical problems led to crash
BLOUNTSTOWN - A wrecker driver suffered a medical emergency before he drove off the road and hit a utility box Tuesday morning, a passen-ger told the Florida Highway Patrol. Paul R. Mattice, 56, of...
View ArticleDeputies seek shooting witnesses
PANAMA CITY — Deputies are looking for two men they believe witnessed a shooting early Monday that left a woman shot in the abdomen but in stable condition. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is asking...
View ArticleAccused robber shoots self before arrest
GAINESVILLE — A suspected robber is in critical condition after shooting himself in the chest when police came to take him into custody. Deputy U.S. Marshal Bryon Carroll says the shooting occurred as...
View Article18-year-old arrested after lewd Facebook pictures sent to girl
A University High School student was arrested after sheriff’s investigators determined he sent pictures of his genitals to a 14-year-old girl, also a student at the school, Volusia sheriff’s...
View ArticleMan arrested on gun charges possessed mass shooting news clippings
WEST HAVEN, Conn. — Police say they found newspaper clippings about mass shootings at the home of a University of New Haven student arrested near campus carrying two handguns and having an assault...
View ArticleRaccoon tests positive for rabies in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – A raccoon killed near the intersection of E. 12th Street and Bob Little Road in the City of Springfield has tested positive for rabies, health officials wrote in a news release. The...
View ArticleSheriff: Florida man kills wife, son with crossbow
WESTON — A South Florida man used a crossbow to kill his wife and teenage son in their townhouse, tried to kill a second son who is a student at Florida State University and wound up dead in a motel...
View ArticleFBI agent testifies at ex-BP engineer's trial
NEW ORLEANS — Some of the text messages that a former BP drilling engineer deleted from his cellphone contained information that could have been evidence in the Justice Department's investigation of...
View ArticleTravelers urged to use caution due to fog
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) officials are urging residents and visitors to use caution as patches of dense morning fog may affect north, central and southwest...
View ArticleSuspect arrested, charged in stabbing
GRACEVILLE -- Deputies arrested a man suspected of stabbing a woman in the head, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Shawn Murry Ellsworth, 46, was booked into the Jackson County jail on...
View ArticlePolice: Man had gunshot wound
PANAMA CITY -- A Panama City Police Department incident report on the discovery of a man found dead Tuesday in an isolated area near St. Andrews Bay says the man had a gunshot wound to the head. His...
View ArticleBlotter: Threats, eggs and bricks on the fly
(The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County.) More than threats were flying through the air earlier this week in Panama City, and it's not just the...
View ArticleBlotter: Austin is in trouble
The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County. A man met up with a friend at a local restaurant. They had dinner and then left together for a few...
View ArticlePlea deal reached in perjury case
PANAMA CITY — Prosecutors said Thursday they accomplished what they set out to do 10 months ago when they filed felony perjury charges against an expert witness who testified for a defendant they felt...
View ArticleMedical marijuana gets court hearing
TALLAHASSEE— The Florida Supreme Court is giving no clear indication on how it will rule on the medical marijuana ballot initiative. The court heard oral arguments Thursday on the proposed state...
View ArticleBCSO: Suspect duped woman, 94, out of $130,000
PANAMA CITY -- A man suspected of bilking a 94-year-old woman out of more than $100,000 was arrested in Arkansas Monday on charges of exploiting the elderly, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleBlotter: ‘Hello Police? I can’t pay my drug dealer, please help.’
The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County. A man called police because people had been harassing him in person and over the phone. He wanted to...
View ArticleAdditional arrest made in Monday shooting
PANAMA CITY -- Deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who was present Monday when a 19-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen in a Panama City home. Renaldo Williams, 19, of...
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