Man convicted of vehicular homicide in 2011 crash
PANAMA CITY — It took a Bay County jury about one hour Friday to find Tarrance Harrell guilty of vehicular homicide in a fatal 2011 car crash in Panama City. Harrell, 22, was sentenced to 10 years in...
View ArticleForest Service urges caution to prevent wildfires
PANAMA CITY — The Florida Forest Service is urging residents to use caution after a recent small wildfire in south Walton County. Emergency personnel from the Forest Service and local firefighters...
View ArticleMan killed by train while sleeping on tracks, police say
A man was killed Saturday morning after being run over by a CSX train between South 11th Street and Crescent Drive, according to the DeFuniak Springs Police Department. Rolando Chavix Jocon, 25, of...
View ArticleBCSO reports jail suicide
PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Jail inmate who died Tuesday night spent about six weeks in the unit of the jail tasked with preventing suicide, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Robert Charles...
View ArticleFormer Gator, Patriots player Hernandez charged with murder
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez killed his friend at an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house several days after the two feuded during a trip to a...
View ArticleMarianna man armed with sword arrested after allegedly attacking mother,...
MARIANNA - A Marianna man was armed with a Samurai sword, according to authorities, when he was arrested Tuesday after allegedly attacking his mother and his girlfriend. Jackson County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleIdentity thief posing as Sheriff’s Office investigator, BCSO says
LYNN HAVEN -- An identity thief is posing as a Bay County Sheriff’s Office investigator, BCSO reported Wednesday. The Sheriff’s Office received several complaints Wednesday regarding a man who called...
View ArticleMan dies, 2 arrested in Marianna
MARIANNA -- A man injured in a road rage incident in Jackson County earlier this month has died, and two men have been arrested. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said the victim died in Bay Medical...
View ArticleCold case closed with manslaughter plea
PANAMACITY— Investigators with the Panama City Police Department relentlessly gathered evidence in the slaying of 20-year-old Adam Bolton since 2007. Sgt. Jeff Becker, the lead detective on the case,...
View ArticlePCB woman found safe
PANAMA CITYBEACH -- A Panama City Beach woman was found safe in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Thursday night after apparently being kidnapped while washing her car earlier that day, according to the Bay...
View ArticleHotel staff member arrested in room burglaries
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A former staffer at a Panama City Beach hotel has been arrested after allegedly stealing cash from the rooms of several guests. An investigation began June 3 after a guest at...
View ArticleBrother and sister arrested in Greenwood home burglary
GREENWOOD -- A brother and sister have been arrested in a Greenwood home burglary last month. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies responded May 28 to a home in the 5700 block of Fort Road. The residence...
View ArticleBikers accused in deadly dispute released on bond
MARIANNA — Two motorcyclists allegedly involved in a lengthy and deadly road rage incident were released on bond Thursday, a day after their companion died in a Panama City hospital. Craig...
View ArticleKidnapped woman escaped captors
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Panama City Beach woman escaped and then led police to at least one of her captors Thursday after she was kidnapped and taken to Mississippi. Flor Esmeralda Turcio-Arias, 34,...
View ArticleGulf County man arrested after crashing into wrong vehicle
WEWAHITCHKA — An Overstreet man was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and leaving the scene of accident involving property damage Thursday after he chased and crashed a vehicle he...
View ArticleAlabama man critically injured in scooter crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Decatur, Ala. man was critically injured Thursday night in a single-vehicle crash. Shortly before 8 p.m., 19-year-old Nathaniel Dalton Tounzen was driving a scooter westbound on...
View ArticleBeaches closed
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has posted double red flags on the beaches of Bay County, meaning the water is closed. Double red flags mean there are high hazard swimming conditions in Gulf waters...
View ArticleBicyclist struck by SUV, critically injured
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City Beach man was critically injured Friday night when he was struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle. Igor Aloyts, age 46, was traveling eastbound on the paved...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in wreck
PANAMA CITY - A pedestrian was killed Saturday night as he or she was attempting to cross State 390 near Fairland Avenue, officials wrote in a news release. Information about the pedestrian was not...
View ArticlePolice ID kidnapping suspects
PANAMA CITY BEACH - Hattiesburg Police Monday released the names of two people arrested last week in connection to the abduction of a Panama City Beach woman. Ruperto Flores, 57, and Castillo Uriel,...
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