Woman convicted after smuggling pills into jail in her genitalia
A Jackson County jury convicted Tonya Diane Anderson on Tuesday of possessing Xanax and bringing it into the Jackson County Jail by hiding it in her genitalia. Assistant State Attorney Laura Wahlquist...
View ArticleMan arrested who investigators say was hitman in Springfield murder
PANAMA CITY — Authorities have arrested a man who investigators said was hired as a hitman and charged him with not registering as a career criminal, according to court records. Omar Fidel Redmon, 34,...
View ArticlePolice fundraiser planned
PANAMA CITY — Beef O’Brady’s in Lynn Haven will host a fundraiser for the Police Unity Tour from 4 p.m. to close on Monday. The restaurant will donate 10 percent of proceeds for patrons who mention...
View ArticleBCSO seeks missing man
PANAMA CITY — Authorities are seeking information on a man who went missing after losing his job, home and pets according to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office news release. BCSO is conducting a search for...
View ArticleLawyer’s testimony disclosed after killer’s sentencing
PANAMA CITY — Authorities have released the testimony of an attorney ordered to testify against his own client during a murder trial, according to court records. Darryl Mack, 22, pleaded no contest in...
View ArticleDOC: Jackson County inmate dies after assault
SNEADS — An inmate at a state prison in Sneads died Thursday after an assault by another inmate, the Florida Department of Corrections Office (DOC) announced in a news release. DOC officials said the...
View ArticleFormer guards plead not guilty to beating
PANAMA CITY — The five correctional officers who were fired and arrested in connection with an orchestrated prison beating have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in federal court....
View ArticleWood guilty of murder
BONIFAY — It took less than an hour for a jury to reach a verdict in the case of Zachary Taylor Wood, the first of two defendants charged in the 2014 slaying of James William Shores. Wood and his...
View ArticleOfficers prepare for onslaught of spring breakers
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Law enforcement is gearing up as the calm nears the storm of Spring Break. Each year when socially motivated college students from all over the U.S. migrate to the shores along the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Jury recommends death for Wood
BONIFAY — Jurors unanimously recommended Friday that 24-year-old Zachary Taylor Wood be put to death for the murder of James “Coon” Shores. If Circuit Judge Christopher Patterson goes along with the...
View ArticleLEAD Coalition wants to engage youth during the summer
PANAMA CITY — Summer programs will be part of a solution the LEAD Coalition offers in an attempt to discourage crime in Panama City. The LEAD Coalition conducted a crime perception survey during the...
View ArticleMan gets 5 years for confronting officer
PANAMA CITY — A man accused of impersonating a bail bondsman and using his self-imposed authority to blackmail nefarious characters has been sentenced to five years in prison for harassing an...
View ArticleWoman pleads no contest to impersonating officer
PANAMA CITY — An Alabama woman has pleaded no contest to impersonating a federal officer, according to court records. Morcia Dawn Lowery, 40, had walked the grounds of Smuggler’s Cove RV Park in...
View ArticlePublic meeting set about State 77 plan
WAUSAU — The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold a State 77 public information meeting Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Wausau Town Hall, 1607 Second Ave. The meeting is being...
View ArticleBCSO arrest log (Feb. 17-24)
Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges Feb. 17-24. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted....
View ArticleEarly morning shooting suspect detained
BONIFAY — A Chipley man is behind bars after he broke into a home on Neal Lane in Bonifay and shot one of the home’s occupants during an altercation. A witness in the home identified Taj-Addaryll...
View ArticleShots fired during chase, crash on Harrison Avenue
PANAMA CITY — A man was arrested after leading Panama City police on a chase that ended when the suspect crashed early Sunday. The incident happened at about 2:40 a.m. and no one was seriously...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years for burglary, grand theft
PANAMA CITY — Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet sentenced Darrin Lee Carmichael on Monday to 20 years in prison for burglary and grand theft. Assistant State Attorney Barbara Beasley took Carmichael,...
View ArticleMom convicted of killing 5-year-old son by poisoning him with salt
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who blogged for years about her son's constant health woes was convicted Monday of poisoning him to death by force-feeding heavy concentrations of sodium through his...
View ArticleJury acquits Florida man who claimed pot was medicinal
FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) — A South Florida man has been acquitted by a jury after contending that dozens of marijuana plants he was growing were used for his own medicinal purposes. The Broward County...
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