Police: Suspect confesses to killing Allen Johnson, 2 others
LYNN HAVEN — The accused murderer of three people across the Panhandle was motivated by his quest for drugs and has confessed to all three shootings, authorities reported Tuesday. Derrick Ray...
View ArticleMurder suspect denied public defender and bond
PANAMA CITY — The man who confessed that a desire for drugs motivated three murders across the Panhandle has been denied bond and a public defender. Derrick Ray Thompson, 41, will be held without bond...
View ArticleAccused killer captured after escape
BONIFAY — An accused killer and another convict could not evade the long arm of Holmes County law enforcement and are back in jail after a brief escape. Jeffery Morrill and David Challender escaped...
View ArticleMan surrenders after three-hour standoff
PANAMA CITY — A tense three-hour standoff between police and a Panama City man wielding a sword barricaded in a bedroom with his 4-year-old son came to a peaceful end Monday. Panama City police...
View ArticleInvestigators searching for man who received death threats
PANAMA CITY -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 24-year-old man who family members said had been receiving death threats over the past few weeks. Tavish Greene, described as a...
View ArticleNaked thieves take burgers from southwest Florida eatery
BONITA SPRINGS — A southwest Florida waitress has dubbed the trio of naked hamburger thieves who broke into a southwest Florida eatery "dumb, dumber and dumbest." In fact, waitress Nancy Sansevieri is...
View ArticleAnti-violence rally to be rescheduled
PANAMA CITY -- An event scheduled for Saturday at Tommy Oliver Stadium sponsored by Concerned Citizens of Bay County to “Stop the Violence” has been postponed, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said...
View ArticleUPDATE: Witness to homicide found dead in Panama City // photo gallery, video
PANAMA CITY — A witness to a homicide who had been receiving death threats after a fatal shooting in June was himself found dead in the trunk of a car Thursday, authorities said. Police found the body...
View ArticleBankers' motion for new trial denied
PANAMA CITY — A judge has denied a request for a new trial of three bankers who defrauded the federal government of millions in taxpayer dollars. The trio filed the motions mere weeks before being...
View ArticleMan sentenced to life for raping girl
PANAMA CITY — A Southport man has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for repeatedly raping an 8-year-old girl, authorities announced Friday. Daniell Lenny Mills, 35, was found guilty...
View ArticleState may file DUI manslaughter charge
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Prosecutors will be steering toward DUI manslaughter charges after receiving blood work for a driver who allegedly ran up a sidewalk and over a Louisiana teenager, according to...
View ArticleGreene driving car when passenger killed
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man found dead in a car trunk would have given jurors the account of a driver fleeing a shootout in a pending murder case, authorities said Friday. Tavish Greene, 24, was...
View ArticleResidents, law officers march to stop gun violence // photo gallery
PANAMA CITY — Eleven killings during the past eight weeks propelled a group of almost 50 people forward in a march to take a stand against the surge of gun violence around Panama City. Residents along...
View ArticleMan arrested for shooting at relatives of Tavish Greene
PANAMA CITY— A man has been charged with firing shots at relatives of another man who was found dead last week before he was expected to testify concerning one of the recent killings in the area....
View ArticlePolice offer reward for person with accused shooter
PANAMA CITY — Police are offering a reward for information that leads to the identification and arrest of a person believed to have been with a man charged with shooting at the family of a man found...
View ArticlePolice seek info about shooting
PANAMA CITY — Law enforcement officers requested residents keep information flowing Monday but asked residents to stop spreading rumors on social media after being inundated with false reports of dead...
View ArticleMan arrested after chase
BAYOU GEORGE -- Deputies have arrested a man who tried to escape arrest in a sports car running on gas fumes, Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday. BCSO arrested Christopher Marcus Coleman, 19,...
View ArticleMan charged in check-cashing scheme
PANAMA CITY -- A Panama City man will spend the next several years on probation for a role he played in a Georgia-based bogus check-cashing operation, according to court documents. Ernest Jones, 36,...
View ArticleSheriff: Girl injured in plane crash has died
A second life has been claimed by Sunday afternoon’s plane crash on a stretch of Caspersen Beach in Venice, the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Oceana Irizzary, 9, succumbed to the...
View ArticleUpdate: Police investigate human remains found in Panama City Beach // photo...
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police began investigating a death Tuesday after finding the remnants of an unknown human body in a densely wooded area of Panama City Beach. Crime scene units of Panama City Beach...
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