12-year-old takes school bus for joy ride
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Deputies have arrested a 12-year-old boy after an early morning joy ride across the county in a school bus. Employees of the Wal-Mart at 10270 Front Beach Road notified a Bay...
View ArticleMan injured in wreck
VERNON -- A Wausau man was in serious condition at Bay Medical Center Tuesday morning after colliding head-on with a tractor trailer on State 79 just south of Sugar Doll Road, according to the Florida...
View ArticleMan charged with assaulting officer
PANAMA CITY -- A man was arrested Monday for allegedly pulling a knife on a police officer who found him trespassing, according to the Panama City Police Department. Jesse James Taylor, 54, is charged...
View ArticleSniffing out arson // Photo gallery, Video
PANAMA CITY — When something smells funny at the scene of a charred car or a house fire, Panama City fire officials call in their resident expert. Brandon, a Labrador retriever, sniffs out...
View ArticleDrug suspect arrested in club parking lot
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A Club La Vela lighting and sound guy was arrested and charged Tuesday night after police allegedly found a large quantity drugs in his possession. Jeremy Matthew Osborne, 36, was...
View ArticleMan accused of shooting from truck on U.S. 231
PANAMA CITY — A trial date has been set for a man accused of carrying 56 grams of methamphetamine while chasing his ex-wife and another man down U.S. 231 and firing a 9mm handgun at them. Anthony...
View ArticleMan gets nearly 4 years in prison for punching cop
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man on probation for exploiting a mentally disabled adult will spend the next three years in prison after punching a deputy. While deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleVictim’s son charged with murder
CAPE SAN BLAS — A Port St. Joe man has been formally charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of his mother in their Cape San Blas home last month. Jarrod Powell Slick, 23, is in jail in Gulf...
View Article2 arrested for vehicle burglary spree
LYNN HAVEN -- Police Wednesday arrested and charged two men on suspicion of stealing stuff from at least 10 vehicles overnight in the area of West 8th Circle, according the Lynn Haven Police...
View ArticleMan convicted of meth trafficking
BONIFAY -- A 32-year-old Bonifay man will serve at least 15 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking in more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, according to the State Attorney’s Office....
View ArticleSuperintendent: Stolen bus a valuable lesson
PANAMA CITY — The driver of a county school bus has been suspended after a 12-year-old boy found the keys in the parked bus and took it on a joy ride, school officials said Wednesday. Bay District...
View ArticlePolice seek van connected to homicide
PANAMA CITY — Police identified a vehicle Thursday that may have been used in the shooting death of a local teenager. Samuel McGriff, 17, was shot in the gut June 16 at about 4:30 a.m. while standing...
View ArticleBlotter: Has it been a year yet?
The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County. PANAMA CITY -- As people age, time seems to slip past at an increasing rate. But the observation has...
View ArticleMan sentenced for theft of motorcycle
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City Beach man who took a motorcycle he found parked along Front Beach Road was sentenced Thursday to more than a year in prison. James Lee Rushing, 34, pleaded no contest to...
View ArticlePregnant lady puncher pleads no contest
PANAMA CITY -- A Springfield man has been sentenced to time served after pleading no contest to punching his 21-year-old pregnant roommate. Mitchell Avon Butler Jr., 32, was arrested after punching...
View ArticleDrug charges added to man who fired fatal shot
PANAMA CITY -- Drug charges have been filed against a man authorities said shot and killed his neighbor while welcoming home his newborn son last week. Charles Edward Shisler, 62, already was facing...
View ArticleTroopers conducting special detail along I-10
PANAMA CITY — The Florida Highway Patrol is conducting a special detail along the state's western stretch of Interstate 10. The Interstate 10 Challenge is an intensified enforcement effort that began...
View Article2 children missing, man sought
PANAMA CITY -- Panama City police are looking for two missing children, which could be connected to a child custody incident. On Tuesday, Brenda Briggs, of Panama City, reported her 7-month-old son...
View ArticleTeen dead after single vehicle crash
WEWAHITCHA — A Marianna 16-year-old is dead after a crash late Friday night, Florida Highway Patrol reported. Tyler Austin Gray, 16, was driving by himself north on State Road 71 just north of Lower...
View ArticleTexas couple hits deputy’s car
FREEPORT -- A car of visitors from Texas crashed Friday afternoon into a Walton County sheriff’s deputy’s cruiser carrying the deputy and a prisoner, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Cassandra...
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