Official statement from the University of West Florida: On the evening of Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, the UWF Police department responded to the Edward Ball Nature Trail to investigate the discovery of…
Category: Crime
Buzz: Former PNJ reporter found encased in concrete
A tip to the Pensacola Police Department has led to Winder, Georgia police finding a man believed to be Sean Dugas dead and encased in concrete. Pensacola twins, Christopher Lynn Cormier, 31,…
Violence continues
An investigation continues into a late-night incident that injured two men while they were sitting on a porch in Pensacola. The incident occurred around 11:50 p.m. in the 500 block of East…
Official arrested being paid to raise money for festival
Okaloosa County Commissioner James F. Campbell was arrested today and charged with four counts of official misconduct and four counts of perjury. According to the arrest report, Campbell, who was elected in…
ARC Gateway hit by theft
More than $4000 in stolen lawn equipment and tools taken from ARC Gateway’s Pollak Industries Pensacola, Fla. – A theft over the weekend at Pollak Industries, ARC Gateway’s manufacturing division, resulted in…
Nodine murder charges dropped, pleads guilty to lesser charges
Former Mobile, Ala. County Commissioner Stephen Nodine has struck a deal in his murder case. On Friday afternoon, he pleaded guilty to harassment and perjury in exchange for the prosecution dropping the…
Body parts get Berkland arrested, and it gets worse
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that Michael Berkland has been arrested on one county of Improper Disposal/Storage of Hazardous Waste and one count of Public Nuisance. The Improper storage is a…
Berkland and Willie Junior
Michael Berkland has a lot of explaining to do. The former assistant medical examiner made a living performing private autopsies after he was fired by the Medical Examiner’s Office in 2003. Last…
Praying for a Better Day
A group of local ministers gathered today to make a statement regarding the recent string of shootings in the Pensacola area. The First West Florida Baptist District Association is concerned about the…
Ministers To Speak Out Against Gun Violence
Press Release: The Moderator of the First West Florida Baptist District Association, along with the President of the Baptist Minister’s Union of Pensacola and Vicinity, will both issue statements on Monday, August…
Bad Parenting, Century-style
NorthEscambia.com reports that a Century mother was jailed charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on her daughter. Kimberly Renee Harwell, 38, allegedly tried to attack her daughter with…
Pensacola shootings and homicides tied to two families
The recent rash of shootings and homicides on the west side of Pensacola are tied to two families, Dortch and Abrams. The feud began last December when Keondrick Abrams, age 17, was…