Category: Crime
Heroin-related deaths still high
The latest Florida Medical Examiner’s Commission Drug Report revealed the deaths related to heroin use in the Pensacola area are still high compared to where…
Judge grants new penalty phase for Patrick Gonzalez
The State Attorney’s Office announced this morning that Judge Nickolas Geeker has ordered a new penalty phase for Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., who was convicted…
ACLU report: DWB more likely to lead to a traffic ticket
Driving While Black (DWB) may lead to a ticket in the Florida, at least the chances are greater than for white drivers. The ACLU yesterday…
‘Blue Moon’ suspect arrested
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan announced that Donald Hartung Sr., 58, has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide that occurred on Deerfield Drive…
Pensacola man charged with identity theft
An investigation by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the Tallahassee Police Department resulted in recent identity theft charges against Gerald Howard Washington of…
Sheriff’s office waiting for lab analysis in ‘Blue Moon’ triple homicide case
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release stating the agency is awaiting the return of lab analysis on evidence obtained at the scene…
Transcript on the press conference on the triple homicide and possible ‘Blue Moon’ killer
Here is the transcript from yesterday’s press conference on the “Blue Moon” killer: And we’ll have a small press packet to hand out to you…
U.S. has more prisoners than China
Over 5.5 million prisoners populate the five largest prison population states. United States: 2,228,424 China: 1,701,344 Russian Federation: 671,700 Brazil: 581,507 India: 411,992 Per 100,000…
Inweekly April 2008 Flashback: King brothers and how Mollye Barrows turned down bikini modeling
On April 9, 2008, Alex King was released from Brevard Correctional Institution in Cocoa after serving about six years for his confessed role in bludgeoning…
Gonzalez release request denied
After a hearing in Tallahassee, the Commission on Offender Review unanimously voted to deny Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Sr.’s request for early release. Gonzalez, Sr. requested…
Gonzalez is dying, petitions parole board to be released
Leonard Gonzalez, Sr., who was convicted for his part in the July 2009 murders of Bud and Melanie Billings, will have a hearing tomorrow before…
Inweekly 2008: Bubbas on Patrol
We all know those Keystone Cops. Escambia had its own version. They were Escambia code enforcement officers. Bubbas On Patrol By Duwayne…
