PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Matthew Banks, 40, of Pensacola, Florida, was indicted by an Escambia County grand jury charging him with Racketeering (Count 1), Aggravated White Collar Crime (Count 2), Organized Fraud (Count…
Category: Crime
Sixteen years ago, Sheriff tried to clean up Brownsville
In 2007 after a shooting at a convenience store on West Cervantes, there was a public outcry to deal with crime in the Brownsville neighborhood. A 30-day joint initiative between Escambia County…
Sheriff launches Operation Brownsville (not Good Neighbor, oops)
By Tom St. Myer Gun violence dominated the public forum discussion, but measures put in place to improve Brownsville as a whole took center stage during the Escambia County gun violence roundtable…
John Thomas sentenced to federal prison
In 2022, Inweekly broke the story of Pensacola insurance broker John Thomas who took money for insurance policies that didn’t exist. U.S. Attorney Jason R. Coody recently announced Thomas has been sentenced…
Real News: Another murders with ties to Murdaughs
ANALYSIS: YET ANOTHER TWIST MURDAUGH FAMILY SAGA BRAD GARRETT, ABC NEWS CRIME & TERRORISM ANALYST, WASHINGTON And you thought all of the twists and turns were played out! For weeks we watched…
Bank and identity Fraud conspiracy members sentenced to federal prison
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced on Friday the sentences of New York and Connecticut residents for their involvement in a bank…
Omaha 360 combats gun violence
ABC News’ Brad Garrett has talked about gun violence and ways to reduce it, but the missing piece has always been communities’ commitment and law enforcement’s collaboration with them. That’s why he…
Parkland shooting ‘Feels Like Five Minutes Ago’
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Five years after a mass shooting that shook Florida, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Parkland remain inextricably linked to the ghastly…
This might be a record
Last May, Paul Jordan came into Fish House and drank and ate at the bar for a couple of hours. After the couple sitting next to him paid their bar tab in…
Cannabis dispensary asks for help after multiple break-ins
Legal Leaf on Navy Boulevard Suffers Another Burglary, Just Days After Juveniles Arrested for Breaking Into both the Navy and Cervantes Locations The business has three locations that offer legal THC-products for…
Sheriff’s office and Children’s Trust
Last week, the Escambia Children’s Trust failed to pass Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons’ request $432,501 for Movie Nights ($40,000), Public Service Announcements ($50,000), Virtual Reality Training Simulator ($152,201.14) and a Real Time…
Real News: Colorado Springs shooting
Five people are known to be dead and many more injured after police say a 22-year-old man walked into the club around midnight on Sunday morning and opened fire using a long…