Teen dies in latest fatal shooting
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City teen is the latest casualty in a wave of gun violence that has claimed four lives in less than a month. Panama City Police released a brief report that identifies the...
View ArticleVIDEO: 2 killed in plane crash
DAYTONA BEACH — Investigators were on the scene Tuesday of a small plane crash that killed two people after take off from Daytona Beach International Airport. The single-engine plane, a Cessna 172...
View ArticleDUI manslaughter suspect pleads not guilty to concealing meth in body cavity
PANAMA CITY — A Southport woman charged with DUI manslaughter pleaded not guilty Tuesday to concealing methamphetamine in a body cavity while in custody at the Bay County Jail. Jail guards received...
View ArticleMeth lab explosion prompts hunt for suspects
PANAMA CITY -- Police are searching for suspects after an early morning meth lab explosion along Harrison Avenue. Panama City Fire, along with Panama City Police, responded to the No Name Motel, 1338...
View Article2 arrested in latest PC slaying
PANAMA CITY — Two men have been arrested after a nightclub argument led to the shooting death of a 19-year-old man, police announced Tuesday. Khiry Ross, 24, and Marcus Mathis, 25, were arrested...
View ArticleTrial set for murder suspect
PANAMA CITY — A trial date has been set in the case of a disabled man who said he shot and killed his wife’s lover in self-defense and accidentally shot his wife in the process. Circuit Judge James...
View ArticleMan charged with sexual misconduct by a psychotherapist
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Panama City Beach man has been charged with sexual battery and sexual misconduct by a psychotherapist on warrants issued in Volusia County, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said...
View ArticleSome fraudsters do the 'I-10 shuffle'
PANAMA CITY — For most, an unexpected loss of hundreds or thousands of dollars from their bank account can be disastrous. Though most banks insure against fraud for the full amount stolen, fraud...
View ArticleBCSO: Man's report of child selling false
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A transient was arrested Thursday on charges of filing a false report. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motel on Front Beach Road on Wednesday after Brandon Wilson...
View ArticlePolice arrest father on cannabis, child neglect
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Police have arrested an Ebro man who allegedly left his 2-month-old child unattended in a buggie to sell a baggie of cannabis. Police said Terandell Curlee Coleman, 28, approached...
View ArticleHess worried about more violence following 4 P.C. slayings
PANAMA CITY— The area’s top criminal prosecutor is fearful the city’s recent surge of shootings might not be at its end. On an average year, Bay County experiences about four gun-related homicides,...
View ArticleMan shot by police goes from hospital to jail
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a man they shot in the stomach a week ago, according to police reports. David Deandre Harmon, 30, of Shreveport, La., was released from a local hospital at about 4...
View ArticleBCSO appoints first black captain
PANAMA CITY — As a lieutenant in the Bay County Sheriff’s Office warrants division, Joe Smiley closed cell doors on criminals with nothing left to lose in life — all while he strived to open doors in...
View ArticleFHP: 2 exchange students injured in hit and run
A man driving a 2001 Chrysler Sebring on Front Beach Road near Moylan road struck two bicyclists sending them both to the hospital at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Florida Highway Patrol officials wrote in...
View ArticleMan charged with lewd and lascivious exhibition
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Police arrested and charged a Tennessee man this weekend after receiving complaints from guests at a local motel. Panama City Beach Police reported Joe Coffee, 66, of Lexington,...
View ArticleFHP investigates fatal wreck
GRACEVILLE -- The Florida Highway Patrol was investigating a fatal car crash Monday night in northern Holmes County. According to the FHP website, the accident occurred on Selma Church Road at...
View ArticleTeen killed in single vehicle crash
BONIFAY - A 17-year-old Bonifay resident was killed in a single vehicle crash Monday night, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. A 1993 Honda Accord was northbound on Selma...
View Article2 indicted in April slaying
CHIPLEY — Two Alabama men have been indicted in the April 19 slaying of retired Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission game warden James William Shores. The indictment was handed down Monday by a...
View ArticleUnemployment scam surfaces
PANAMA CITY -- During the last few months the Bay County Sheriff’s Office has received an increasing number of complaints from people who discovered someone had used their information to obtain...
View ArticleMan charged with firebombing ex-girlfriend’s home
PANAMA CITY -- A Panama City man has been arrested and charged with setting his ex-girlfriend’s home on fire with a firebomb, the Panama City Police Department announced Tuesday. David Addison, 36,...
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