BCSO looks for credit fraudsters
The Bay County Sheriff's Office is investigating the fraudulent use of stolen credit card information by two suspects who used it to make purchases at multiple businesses on Nov. 22. Because the...
View ArticleStruggle leaves suspect, officer injured
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police have arrested a local woman who allegedly dislocated an officer’s jaw and gouged her face during a violent confrontation outside a Panama City Beach convenience store,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Lawsuit: College used strippers to lure students
MIAMI (AP) — A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars...
View Article911 calls detail frantic moments at FSU
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — In the frantic and chaotic moments after gunfire erupted at Florida State University late last month, one female student in a library stairwell told a police dispatcher by phone,...
View Article2 arrested on drug charges
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Two local men were arrested and methamphetamine, firearms and cash was confiscated at the conclusion of a narcotics investigation, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced...
View ArticleWoman arrested for false abduction report
PANAMA CITY — A 26-year-old Callaway woman has been arrested after police said she made a false report of an abduction, the Panama City Police Department said Thursday. On Nov. 25 at 1:50 a.m.,...
View ArticleRecords: Widow of homicide victim had 'plans'
PANAMA CITY — The widow of a contractor shot to death at a Panama City Beach construction site had spoken with friends about a plan to deal with her abusive husband in the weeks before he was killed,...
View ArticleBoil water notice issued for eastern Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A main break of the Panama City Beach Utilities water supply line experienced temporary loss in pressure and residents in southeast Panama City Beach may experience discolored...
View Article3 public safety employees fired after Tallahassee deputy shooting
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Three employees were fired in the wake of the shooting death of a Leon County sheriff's deputy. The Tallahassee Democrat reported Friday that employees at the city-county emergency...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Bonifay senior citizen found safely
A missing senior citizen from Holmes County was found on Friday, Bonifay Police report. Levin, 66, was found safely in Tallahassee, according to a short press release. He had walked away from an...
View ArticleMan arrested for sex with teen
SPRINGFIELD — A 29-year-old Springfield man has been arrested on four counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child under 16. According to Springfield Police Chief Philip Thorne, Robert Tony...
View ArticleProsecutors drop charges in 2012 Eastpoint traffic fatality
EASTPOINT — More than two years after a May 2012 collision on the Gorrie Bridge took the life of an Eastpoint woman, prosecutors have dropped vehicular homicide charges against the 21-year-old...
View ArticleArea rural roads targeted for improvements
TALLAHASSEE — Five roads in Washington, Gulf and Jackson counties are among those in line for improvements as part of $9 million in transportation projects earmarked for rural roads statewide. The...
View ArticleDriver in Wausau fatal hit-and-run crash enters plea
CHIPLEY — Two suspects connected to a fatal crash that killed a Chipley woman have pleaded not guilty. Jayvon James Burns, 35, and Carrie Anne Coatney, 31, appeared in Washington County arraignment...
View ArticleMysterious drifter re-arrested in Texas for child porn
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An elderly man who once faced child pornography charges in Franklin County was arrested last week in Texas in a similar instance of having pictures of nude children posted to the...
View ArticleTeen jailed for DUI after fatal crash
SAND HILLS — A Panama City teen was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter for his role in a crash early Sunday morning that left a Southport man dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol....
View ArticleBCSO arrest log (Nov. 24-Dec. 2)
Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges Nov. 24 through Dec. 2. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are...
View Article3 dead, 8 injured after vehicle hits, kills bear
MIAMI (AP) — Three good Samaritans were killed Sunday night when they were struck by a car after they'd stopped along a dark, two-lane road in the Florida Everglades to assist another motorist whose...
View ArticleFaulty car suspect’s downfall
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City Beach man has been arrested after attempting to flee police in a car that broke down in an open field, according to Panama City Police officials. Nathan Alexander Combs,...
View ArticleJudge to rule on murder suspect’s confession
PANAMA CITY — An interrogation video of the man suspected of shooting his former landlord on a church construction site has been turned over to a Bay County judge for a decision on whether jurors will...
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