Kentucky teens on the run arrested in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Two teenage sweethearts suspected in a crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered checks across the U.S. South have been taken into custody in Florida, Kentucky authorities said...
View ArticleWoman charged with beating wheelchair-bound mother
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City woman has been arrested after she allegedly struck her 73-year-old, wheelchair-bound mother in face numerous times, according to police reports. Dominic Six, 48, was...
View ArticleWanted teen agrees to return to home state of Kentucky
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The drama surrounding two teenage sweethearts on the run from the law ended quietly and unceremoniously in a Florida beach town. Dalton Hayes, an 18-year-old suspected of committing...
View ArticlePCB to improve Alf Coleman Road
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A contract has been awarded for improvements to Alf Coleman Road that are expected to be done by Spring Break. The City Council has awarded the $190,155 contract to GAC Contractors...
View ArticlePolice investigating homicide in Marianna
MARIANNA — A 72-year-old Marianna man was found dead in his home Monday, and Marianna Police say there is evidence of foul play. The man was identified as David Tinsley, according to information...
View ArticleAccused Kentucky fugitive teen opens up in jailhouse interview
PANAMA CITY — A Kentucky teenager charged with taking his 13-year-old girlfriend on a car-snatching spree said he regretted not just paying for a bus ticket instead. Dalton Hayes, 18, was being held...
View ArticleWoman charged with robbing store while toddler was in cab
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Police say a woman took a cab to and from a convenience store robbery and left her 1-year-old daughter in the vehicle during the crime. Delaware State Police say the robbery...
View ArticleEating while driving: Man's burger gets him a traffic ticket
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A man says enjoying a double quarter-pounder with cheese as he cruised down a highway outside Atlanta got him in trouble with the law — and a ticket for eating while driving....
View ArticleUPDATE: Man with local ties reported missing
PANAMA CITY — Authorities in Miami-Dade County are searching for a “missing endangered adult” with ties to Bay County who has been missing for two weeks. Nicol Spann, 33, was last seen leaving his...
View ArticlePedestrian in serious condition after crash on 231
PANAMA CITY — Authorities have released the name of a pedestrian who suffered “incapacitating” injuries after being struck while walking along U.S. 231 Friday night, according to Florida Highway...
View ArticleSuspect arrested after shot nearly hits deputy
FOUNTAIN — Officers arrested and charged a 75-year-old Fountain man who allegedly fired several shots at a deputy, according to court records. Richard Emerson Polous was arrested early Monday after an...
View ArticleMan sues over arrest stemming from informant agreement
PANAMA CITY — A federal lawsuit filed by a man who claims he was falsely arrested by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office after not participating as a confidential informant is headed toward trial. In the...
View ArticleWoman robbed in store parking lot
LYNN HAVEN — Police are searching for a man who allegedly held up a woman at gunpoint around noon Tuesday in the Wal-Mart parking lot, according to a Lynn Haven Police Department press release. The...
View ArticlePolice: Snapchat message sparked stabbing, leaving teen dead
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A 16-year-old fatally stabbed a fellow student because he was upset about a Snapchat message sent to his girlfriend, according to police. Matthew Joseph Fischer, 16, of Mount...
View ArticleMore arrests made in Jackson County robbery
SNEADS — Two more men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery more than two months ago, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. During a home invasion in November,...
View ArticleMan convicted of burglary
PANAMA CITY — Jurors have found a Panama City Beach man guilty of breaking into a home and car theft, and he could face up to 15 years in prison for the crime, according to the State Attorney’s...
View Article2 more arrested in door-to-door-sales-related burglaries
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Authorities announced Wednesday the arrests of several people allegedly involved in door-to-door vacuum sales which were followed by burglaries, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleMan dies after 7-month coma following ATV crash
MARIANNA — A Marianna man has died after seven months of being comatose from a three-wheeler crash, according to officials. Gerald Handy Smith, 39, was taken to the Miller County Hospital in Georgia...
View ArticleCredit card fraud under investigation
PANAMA CITY— The Bay County Sheriff's Office is investigating the fraudulent use of a person's credit card information, according to a news release. On Jan. 11, a woman discovered that someone had...
View ArticleInvestigation continues in Marianna ‘traumatic’ homicide
MARIANNA — Questions linger in the brutal homicide of a 72-year-old Marianna man, according to officials with the Marianna Police Department. The body of David Tinsley, 72, was discovered by his...
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