Late night beach cruise turns deadly
CAPE SAN BLAS -- A 28-year-old Apalachicola man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle wreck on the beach, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Christopher Lee Burke was driving a...
View ArticleDead man’s family sues friend for fatal shooting
PANAMA CITY — The family of a man who was shot in the head with a shotgun by his best friend has filed a lawsuit claiming the incident could have been avoided, according to court documents. Blaine...
View ArticleDead woman identified
PANAMA CITY — Police have identified a woman found dead after an apparent domestic violence issue between her and her boyfriend. The Panama City Police Department announced the identity of the...
View Article4th person charged in killing
MARIANNA -- A fourth person has been arrested in the investigation of a Sunday homicide in Jackson County. Arrested was Laderious D. Corbitt Pittman, who was charged with murder and attempted robbery....
View ArticleUpdate: 3 former bankers sentenced
PANAMA CITY — Leaders of a failed Panama City Beach-based bank who lied to get more than $3.8 million of federal taxpayer money — intended to keep the economy from tanking in the midst of a downward...
View ArticleTransients arrested for blocking beach access
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police arrested at least five homeless men early Friday morning for blocking a public beach access, according to court records. Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, Panama City Beach...
View ArticlePolice release driver’s account of deadly shooting
MARIANNA — Gun powder lingered in the cab of the truck as Travis Martin Locke and his passenger, Patrick Register, sped off from Auburn Lane in Marianna, bullet holes in the windshield and both men...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 24 years in prison on drug-related charges
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man with a long history of felony drug offenses was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Wednesday. Kenneth F. Williams, 48, also known as “Mobile,” was found guilty...
View ArticleFormer contamination site being monitored
PANAMA CITY – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection reports that a contamination site off Jenks Avenue is being monitored but is not in active remediation. ABB Inc, the company that...
View ArticleProsecutors: PCB company involved in NAFTA violations
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A contact man between a Panama City Beach company and buyers of illegal exports has pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate international trade laws. Gilberto Lopez, 49, of...
View ArticleDriver dies after morning crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- One person was killed and another seriously injured Monday morning in a two vehicle collision on Front Beach Road and Sand Oak Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol reported....
View ArticleVideo of credit card thief released
PANAMA CITY -- Investigators are asking for public assistance in finding a credit card thief, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. On Aug. 8, the victim of a theft learned her credit card...
View Article3 PCB residents injured in crash
SANTA ROSA BEACH -- Three Panama City Beach residents were ejected from an overturning vehicle after a Sunday collision, Florida Highway Patrol reported. Nicasio Ramirez, 27, was airlifted to a local...
View Article2 arrested after counterfeit money used
PANAMA CITY -- Police have arrested two alleged counterfeiters after trying to spend funny money at a drive-in restaurant across the street from their operation’s headquarters, according to the Panama...
View ArticleLightning kills K-9 officer in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Beach Police Department has lost one of its K-9 officers after a deadly lightning strike Sunday night. K-9 officer Argo was found motionless in his kennel behind a Firenzo...
View ArticleFirefighters train in ‘worst conditions possible’ // photo gallery
PANAMA CITY — Firefighters don’t always make it out of fires, but a few abandoned buildings have given fire crews in the county a unique opportunity to train in real-life conditions and prevent those...
View ArticleBlotter:Tug-o-war’s against the law?
Blotter is a light-hearted look at some of the unusual things that happen on the police beat in Bay County. Laws vary so widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction that people can sometimes unwittingly...
View ArticleMan charged with string of tire slashings
PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man they suspect of about 15 tire slashings in the Cherokee Heights neighborhood, officials announced Tuesday. Dylan Ely Creamer, 19, was...
View ArticleMurder defendant wants statement thrown out
PANAMA CITY — Defense attorneys argued Tuesday testimony about the murder of a 90-year-old Lynn Haven veteran should be suppressed because investigators allegedly violated the suspect’s rights to...
View ArticlePolice: Man tried to outswim the law
PANAMA CITY — A foot pursuit turned amphibious for a Panama City man after police attempted a routine traffic stop, officials said Tuesday. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Ronald Gene...
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