Road closures planned for July Fourth
PANAMA CITY— Several roads will be closed to the motoring public during the “Salute to Freedom” celebration Friday in downtown Panama City. Parking on the marina also will be limited. No vehicular...
View ArticleHave a blast, but stay safe
PANAMA CITY— With a combination of clear skies and a Friday Fourth of July, officials in law enforcement and public safety expect an especially long weekend. Independence Day is easily the most...
View ArticleMan charged with arson and theft
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City Beach man is charged with stealing and setting fire to a truck. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle fire on Sunday at 8124 South Lagoon Drive at...
View ArticleService will address shootings
PANAMA CITY -- A gathering is planned tonight in response to recent shootings that have taken place in Panama City. The “anointed affirmative action prayer and petition service” will be at 8 p.m. at...
View ArticleBlotter: Evidence? What evidence?
Police Blotter is a lighthearted look at some of the unusual things that happen on the police beat. Some guys have all the luck and some guys have a pack of rolling papers fall out of their wallet...
View Article5 arrested on drug charges
MARIANNA -- Five men were arrested Thursday following a raid on a house in Marianna. According to Marianna Police, a search warrant was served at 2928 Harley Drive, following an investigation into the...
View ArticleGirl subject of search
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Panama City Beach Police Friday night were searching for a young girl who was reported missing. The girl was identified as Makayla Thomas, age 8. She was described as wearing a...
View ArticleScooter driver in hospital after crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A motorist has been charged with failing to yield the right of way after pulling into the path of a scooter Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The driver of...
View ArticleMan killed in ATV crash
MARIANNA -- A 61-year-old Marianna man was killed Sunday night when he was thrown from the ATV he was riding after a collision with a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Thomas G. Jones was...
View ArticlePretrial conference in murder case continued to Sept. 2
PANAMA CITY -- The pretrial conference for murder defendant David Clanton, scheduled for Monday, was continued to 8:30 a.m. Sept. 2. Clanton is charged with first degree murder after the strangling...
View ArticleEx-bus aide charged with abusing student // DOCUMENT
PANAMA CITY — A bus aide accused of abusing an 8-year-old special needs child on a school bus two months ago has been arrested. Elaine Edwards, former exceptional student education (ESE) bus aide at...
View ArticleMan arrested in child prostitution case
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City Beach man was arrested Tuesday in connection with using minors as part of a prostitution business being operated out of a unit at Laketown Wharf. Arrested was Joe...
View ArticleArrest interrupts flow of meth into Bay, officials say
PANAMA CITY — Out-of-state authorities have halted a methamphetamine supply-line into Bay County allegedly from sources within the Mexican Cartel, according to officials. Harris County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleShooting suspect arrested on drug charges
PANAMA CITY -- One of two men arrested in connection with the shooting of three people at a Millville gas station is back in jail after a drug arrest. Frederic J. Jones, 21, was arrested Thursday at...
View ArticleInvestigators: DEA saw or heard student locked up for days with no water
SAN DIEGO — Four U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employees saw or heard a handcuffed San Diego student locked in a cell for five days without food or water, but did nothing because they assumed...
View ArticleSex offender sentenced to life in prison
PANAMA CITY -- Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet sentenced Terry Floyd Sapp on Wednesday to life in prison for molesting a young girl. Sapp, 42, of Panama City, was convicted May 20 of sexual battery...
View ArticleTwo pounds seized in marijuana bust
PANAMA CITY -- Police seized almost two pounds of marijuana, a semi-automatic weapon and cash during a security sweep of a local apartment complex. Investigators with the Street Crimes Unit of the...
View ArticleFire consumes large brush patch near Sandy Creek
CALLAWAY -- Flames from a fire, estimated to engulf between 100- to 200-acres of brush, broke out Wednesday in Sandy Creek. Multiple fire crews from Bay County, Springfield, State Forestry and...
View ArticlePolice: Teen said ad for models led to prostitution
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The promise of modeling opportunities enticed a 16-year-old girl into a year of prostitution, police discovered after a raid on a local prostitution den Tuesday. Since May, Panama...
View ArticlePolice: Sex offender busted after threatening cable employees
LYNN HAVEN -- Lynn Haven police have arrested a convicted sex offender for not registering a new address after bullying a cable technician and threatening to shoot all of the cable company employees,...
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