Mobile Command Center a reality with local help
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Community contributions have helped the Beach Police Department attain a mobile command center after needing one for well over a decade, officials said Tuesday. PCBPD announced...
View ArticlePolice: Female fugitives arrested after W.V. robbery
PANAMA CITY — Two West Virginia women wanted for parts they played in an armed robbery and shooting in their home state have been arrested after being found in a Panama City motel. Police had been...
View ArticlePanama City teen charged in burglaries
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a 13-year-old and charged him with multiple burglaries, including a home break-in in which firearms were stolen, officials announced Wednesday. The Panama City...
View ArticleBody recovered from surf
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police are investigating the death of a Kentucky man after officers pulled him from the Gulf of Mexico, officials reported Wednesday. The incident is the first water-related death...
View ArticleMan arrested during threat investigation
PANAMA CITY — The local branch of the Social Security office was evacuated after an irate caller prompted concerns of an attack on the building, police confirmed Wednesday. Police arrested Johnathon...
View ArticleCop killer denied appeal
PANAMA CITY — The Florida Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a man on death row who killed a Panama City Beach officer during Spring Break nine years ago. Robert J. Bailey, of Wisconsin, was...
View ArticleWoman pleads to manslaughter
PANAMA CITY — A Chipley woman who fatally stabbed her boyfriend in an American Legion parking lot pleaded no contest to manslaughter on Thursday. Earnestine “Tina” Canuet, 65, pleaded no contest to an...
View ArticleMan charged with federal office bomb threat
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man faces new charges after authorities say he threatened to blow up federal offices located in the Panhandle city. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the new charges...
View ArticleGun range: No machine guns for kids under 12
PANAMA CITY — The headlines sounded far-fetched, but it happened. A 39-year-old firing range instructor died last week when a 9-year-old girl fired an Uzi and the recoil caused fatal fire to hit the...
View ArticleMobile home destroyed in Sunday night fire
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City Beach mobile home was destroyed after a fire broke out Sunday night. Bay County Fire officials responded to the home on Big Daddy Drive in the unincorporated area of...
View ArticleCourt dismisses murderer’s appeal
PANAMA CITY — A district court has dismissed an appeal from a man convicted of armed robbery and murder who argued the trial court violated his rights by playing a jailhouse phone conversation before...
View ArticleMan cons convenience store out of $3,000 in phone scam
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has issued a scam alert after a man bilked a local convenience store out of nearly $3,000 in a phone scam involving a prepaid debit card. A press...
View ArticleBrush fire still smoldering Wednesday
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Panama City Beach firefighters were still at work managing small patches of fire on Wednesday afternoon in a smoke-filled wooded lot off Churchwell Drive and Middle Beach Road in...
View ArticlePolice level new charges in slaying investigation
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a man found in the trunk of a car last month. Panama City Police charged Dontavis Terrell Thomas with accessory after the...
View ArticlePolice investigating body pulled from bay
PANAMA CITY — Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man found floating in the St. Andrews Bay Wednesday morning, but they don't suspect foul play. Detectives and crime scene...
View ArticlePolice catch battery suspect
PANAMA CITY — Panama City Police Thursday announced the arrest of a man suspected of beating his girlfriend with a metal rod. Michael Tyson, 31, was arrested Wednesday on charges of domestic battery...
View ArticleMan charged with murder in July slaying
PANAMA CITY — Police arrested the man they believe pulled the trigger on a man found dead in the trunk of a car in July. Panama City Police announced a second-degree murder charge against Darryl Mack...
View ArticlePolice search for man who fled
PARKER — Parker Police are searching for a shoplifting and burglary suspect. On Aug. 22, he Parker Police Department responded to a shoplifter call at the Dollar General store. Upon arrival, officers...
View ArticleMan sentenced to life for murder
PANAMA CITY — David Ian Challender pleaded guilty Friday to the murder, robbery and burglary of an elderly Lynn Haven man and was sentenced to three consecutive life terms in prison. Challender, 28,...
View ArticleProsecutor: Fatal shooting justified
APALACHICOLA — State Attorney Willie Meggs last week brought legal closure to the April 3 killing of Charles “Bubba’ Fasbenner, agreeing with Franklin County Sheriff Mike Mock that the homeowner had...
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