Category: Crime
County work release worker arrested for murder
One of Escambia County’s Work Release workers has been arrested for the August 14 murder of a local used car dealer. Justin Princes Taylor, age…
Ministers ask to delay meeting until FDLE releases its report on Middleton shooting
Sheriff David Morgan told the Independent News that Rev. Larry Watson, president of the Baptist Ministers Union, has asked to delay this organization meeting with…
Escambia County: Violent crimes down, clearance rate improved
The semi-annual Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) statistics for the first half of this year indicate that the number of violent crimes have decreased in Escambia…
Operation Clean Sweep to run expanded operation in Brownsville
The Escambia County’s Sheriff’s Office will conduct an “Operation Clean Sweep” tomorrow in the Brownsville area. The clean-up will begin at 8 a.m. at the…
NAACP state and local leaders misspeak…twice
Adora Obi Nweze, president of the Florida State Conference NAACP, made a misstatement while she was in Pensacola last Saturday morning for a town hall…
Revenge of the BP Barbies
In the weeks after Deepwater Horizon explosion in April 2010, but before the oil and tar balls began washing ashore, BP sent out into the…
Touart Transfer Plan Calls For Sheriff To Give Up 40 Percent Of His Administrative Staff…or does it? (update)
By Jesse Farthing Most difficult tasks have checklists. That’s the way all parties can make sure deadlines are met in an orderly fashion. That’s not…
Matt Gaetz to hold hearings on Stand Your Ground
Will Weatherford, the Republican speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives, said on Friday that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach), chair of the House’s Criminal…
Commissioner Valentino goes after Sheriff Morgan on television over Middleton shooting
Commissioner Gene Valentino used the shooting of Roy Middleton as an opportunity to challenge Sheriff David Morgan. He complained to CNN and WALA 10 that…
Transcript of 911 call involving the Middleton shooting
This was released yesterday afternoon by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office: 911 Transcription ECSO13OFF021716 Reported 2:38 a.m. July 27, 2013 Dispatch: Sheriff’s 911 what is…
Alleged Mississippi Gang Leader, now living in Century, charged with racketeering
Jason Marshall Bullock, age 37, has been indicted on a racketeering conspiracy charge accusing him of attempted murder, kidnapping, bank robbery, drug distribution and bribery….
McNesby era in the jail described as “one of the darkest periods the history of American prisons”
While the interim County Administrator George Touart and Commissioner Chairman Gene Valentino are doing everything they can to avoid paying to hire more staff at…
Sheriff Morgan wants Valentino to recuse himself and give depostion on statements re:detention staff
Sheriff David Morgan has requested that Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino recuse himself from the Department of Justice Working Group based on the commission chairman’s…
Daily ignores City of Pensacola crime problem, murders tripled in 2012
In its Friday edition, the daily newspaper attempts to go after Sheriff David Morgan for the rise in crime rate last year but ignores the…
Buzz: Councilman’s cars stolen
On Facebook, Councilman Andy Terhaar’s wife is reporting that both of their cars were stolen from their driveway last night. The Terhaars live in the…
County tries to block Jail Study from being released
There is a budget battle about to break out between interim County Administrator George Touart and Sheriff David Morgan. The fight is inevitable. This first…
Odom sentenced to six months for election fraud
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Jay Odom, 56, of Destin, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Lacey A. Collier to six months in federal prison…
Feds and local law enforcement bust local meth labs
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – A federal grand jury returned two indictments this week charging twelve individuals with methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine related conspiracy offenses. The indictments were…
Investigators Seek Man in Connection with Brent Shooting
PENSACOLA, Fla.–Escambia Sheriff’s Investigators are seeking any information leading to the whereabouts of Chandler Bass, 29. Bass is a black male, approximately 5’3†and 175…
Operation Faster Nabs Unregistered Sex Offenders
U.S. Marshals and Escambia County Target Sex Offenders Pensacola, Fl. – At least 50 wanted people were locked up, courtesy of a sweep led by…
