Man takes plea offer in third-degree murder
PANAMA CITY — One of two men who plotted the robbery of a 20-year-old Panama City Beach man before it escalated into a fatal shooting has accepted a plea offer from state prosecutors. Joshua Heath...
View ArticleHearing held for snake shooter
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City woman who allegedly fired a gun on a local school campus after school to scare off a snake appeared in court Monday to hear charges against her. April Dawn DeMarco, 30, was...
View ArticleMan charged in plan to murder judges back in Bay County
PANAMA CITY — A former Panama City Beach man who is accused of conspiring to murder two local judges was returned Monday to Bay County, leaving a trail of violent charges open in his wake along the...
View ArticleSocial media assists in burglary arrest
PARKER — Authorities have arrested a Parker man on burglary charges after a homeowner allegedly caught him on a camera and identified him through social media, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleFDOT to hold transit grant workshop
CHIPLEY — The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will host a public grant workshop Nov. 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CST, at the Florida Department of Transportation District Three Complex,...
View ArticleFWC: Man arrested after shooting penned hog
WEST BAY — Family members of a man who shot a domestic hog for food have put up their home as collateral to bond him out of jail after the killing of a prized pig. Henry L. Schoonmaker, 36, was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Panama City man, vessel missing in Gulf
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man who set sail from Maryland back toward his homestead has been reported missing during the last leg of his journey. U.S. Coast Guard officials issued a search alert for...
View ArticleBCSO seeks missing teen boy
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance from the public to find 17-year-old Ryan Zerbach. Zerbach’s last known location was his home in the Bayhead area of Bayou George. He left his...
View ArticleTwo charged with marijuana possession
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested two men who allegedly were riding with more than 250 grams of marijuana without their vehicle’s headlights on, according to a Panama City Police Department news...
View ArticleAttorney arrested for taking money from estates
MARIANNA — Police have arrested a Marianna attorney on charges he collected at least $41,000 while transferring trust funds from multiple estates to their heirs, according to a Marianna Police...
View ArticlePanama City couple charged with counterfeiting football tickets
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Two Panama City natives have been arrested in Crimson Tide country for allegedly attempting to sell fake tickets to the football team’s upcoming game, according to police reports....
View ArticlePolice: Chain saw stolen in Florida thief's pants
PORT ST. LUCIE (AP) — Police say a Florida man stole a chain saw by sticking it down his pants. Surveillance video from Treasure Coast Lawn Equipment in Port St. Lucie shows the man putting the tool...
View ArticleMan arrested after disposing of cats
SPRINGFIELD — A Springfield man has been placed in jail for scattering his neighbor’s cats throughout the city, although he told police he thought they were strays. William Gizzell, 52, was arrested...
View ArticleConstruction work concludes on State 30A
PORT ST. JOE — Construction crews have completed work on the State 30A improvement project in Gulf County. Construction began in September 2013 to mill and resurface a 6.8 mile segment of State 30A...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man killed while trying to retrieve ladders
PANAMA CITY — A South Carolina teenager died after he was struck by a vehicle on U.S. 231 late Wednesday, according to Florida Highway Patrol officials. Ladders were strewn about the roadway where...
View ArticlePolice search for shooting suspects
PANAMA CITY — Police are asking for public assistance in identifying two suspects after shots were fired in the 700 block of Satsuma Avenue Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. No one was injured in the...
View ArticlePolice: Man hid cocaine in his mouth
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a Panama City man who allegedly stuffed several baggies of cocaine into his mouth in an attempt to conceal them from officers, according to a Panama City Police...
View ArticleBody of missing teen found
BAYOU GEORGE — A search and rescue team with the Bay County Sheriff's Office found the body of a missing teen Thursday in a swampy wooded area not far from his home. Ryan Zerbach, 17, was last heard...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Panama City sailor found adrift but safe
APALACHICOLA — A Panama City sailor who had been missing for eight days was found in good health Thursday drifting in the Gulf of Mexico aboard his boat. Craig S. Neus Sr., 77, had set sail from...
View ArticleMan dies in Holmes County crash
A man died following a vehicle crash in Holmes County Friday morning. Michael John Fithian, 67, of Bonifay, was on the north shoulder of State Route 2 near Beaver Dam Road when he was struck by the...
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