Man dies in farm tractor, car crash
GRAND RIDGE -- One man died at the scene of a car crash Friday that involved a farm tractor, a Florida Highway Patrol news release stated. Bradley Williams, 37, was traveling south on County 69A at...
View ArticleMan killed in wreck on I-10
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -- A North Carolina resident was killed Sunday morning when he drove into the path of an oncoming truck on I-10 in Walton County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP is...
View ArticleBaby abandoned outside food mart
DEBARY — Authorities have arrested a man who claimed he had found an abandoned newborn girl wrapped in newspapers outside a central Florida gas station. Ralph Garlick Jr. was charged Monday with...
View ArticleFHP checkpoint yields 82 arrests
PANAMA CITY BEACH Troopers at a Back Beach Road checkpoint made 82 arrests and checked more than 1,100 cars over a five-hour period Friday night, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Rick Warden. Warden...
View ArticleBCSO investigating Sherman Ave. shooting
PANAMA CITY— The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred at Sherman Pines Mobile Home Park on Sherman Ave. Sunday evening. The incident left 14-year-old Devin Williams...
View ArticlePolice seek Grinch who stole Christmas
PANAMA CITY - Police investigating the theft of cash donated to buy Christmas gifts for needy local children are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect. The theft occurred around 7:50 a.m....
View ArticleInvestigation continues into fatal plane crash // VIDEO
CALLAWAY — Helicopters churned in a cloudless blue sky early Wednesday morning, scouring the deep woods of southeast Bay County for the wreckage of a Destin-bound plane. By then, more than an hour had...
View ArticlePilot in fatal crash worked for 'special missions' firm
SHALIMAR — At 11 a.m. Wednesday, Kevin Camilli, a director of Shalimar- and Destin-based Grey Aviation Advisors and Solutions Inc., was anxiously awaiting word on whether it was his company’s plane...
View ArticleEarly morning fire sends 5 to the hospital
CALLAWAY – Christmas lights still hung from the eaves of a smoldering Callaway home Wednesday afternoon after a fire destroyed most of it in the early morning hours. Callaway Fire Department responded...
View ArticleUPDATE: FDLE arrests 6 in prison escape plot
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey announced the arrest of six suspects in connection with the inmate escape scheme investigation. The suspects, all current...
View ArticleBCSO: Victim shot while trying to rob drug dealer
The Bay County Sheriff's Office has arrested one person in a shooting that stemmed from a drug robbery, the agency wrote in a news release. Santeni Green, 31, was charged with aggravated battery with...
View ArticleBody discovered near St. Andrew Bay
Panama City Police are investigating a death at W. Beach Drive and Fairland Avenue this morning. The fully clothed body of a male was discovered near St. Andrew Bay earlier at about 10 a.m. Further...
View Article8 more indicted in multistate, multimillion-dollar fraud scheme
CALLAWAY — Federal agents brought charges against eight more people for their alleged roles in a $40 million mortgage fraud conspiracy stretching across multiple states, law enforcement officials...
View Article4 sentenced for federal tax fraud
PANAMA CITY — Four defendants were sentenced for federal tax fraud Thursday, receiving more than 20 years in prison and nearly $900,000 in restitution payments between them. Wilson Calle, 55, of New...
View Article1 injured in house fire
PANAMA CITY -- The Panama City Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire at 1900 Alabama Ave. before dawn Friday. The fire was located in a single story wood framed duplex residence....
View ArticleBCSO investigating burglaries
PANAMA CITY -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance for information related to a burglary that occurred at several businesses between Dec. 13 and Dec. 16 at 1000...
View ArticlePanama City man injured in wreck
WEST BAY -- A Panama City resident was in critical condition Friday night after the truck he was driving hit a utility pole, flipped over and ejected him, a Florida Highway Patrol news release states....
View ArticleMan charged with felon possessing gun
GRAND RIDGE -- A Grand Ridge man who called the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to complain that people were chasing and shooting at him was himself arrested Saturday. Charged with being a convicted...
View ArticlePolice searching for handcuffed man who escaped patrol car
Anyone who sees a white male about five feet eleven inches tall and 160 pounds with dark hair and hazel eyes is asked to call 911. He may be wearing handcuffs. Ryan William Farmer escaped a patrol car...
View ArticleUpdated: PCPD nabs escapee
SPRINGFIELD — A man who escaped out of the back of a patrol car Saturday night at the county jail while wearing handcuffs was captured by law enforcement Monday evening. A number of individuals...
View Article