24/7 Wall St. published its list of “Top 9 Cities Where Crime is Soaring.” The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area made the list at No. 8: > 5-year increase in violent crime…
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Fifteen charged in cocaine trafficking ring stretching from Texas to Panhandle
Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today 13 individuals from the Houston, Texas, and Pensacola areas were jointly indicted on federal drug trafficking and money…
Police arrest report on man found dead in jail gives more details
James Beacher Brumley, age 48, was found dead on the night of Sunday, Nov. 2 in the Escambia County Jail. It appeared to be a suicide, but the county is awaiting the…
Kipling Manor administrator arrested for witness tampering
NorthEscambia.com reports that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested yesterday Adrienne Taylor, the facility administrator of Kipling Manor Retirement Center, for allegedly tampering with or harassing a witness, tampering…
Former Crestview bank president indicted for bank fraud
U.S. Attorney Pamela Marsh’s office announced this morning that Michael “Sean†Davis, 43, of Crestview, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for nine felony counts, which included one count of…
Breaking news: Jail death reported
A death occurred at the Escambia County Main Jail last night. The public information office is reporting the death of white male prisoner, age 48, happened at 10:45 p.m. The Escambia County…
Thorntons indicted for first degree murder of convenience store owner
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced yesterday an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Dontonio Diaz Thornton and Willie Mae Thornton for one count of First Degree Murder – Premeditated or Felony, in the…
TaxWatch recommends paroling elderly prisoners
Florida’s prison population is rapidly increasing despite declining crime rates, and the latest report from Florida TaxWatch recommends options to prevent increasing costs from overwhelming taxpayers. The report, Florida’s Aging Prisoner Problem,…
Breaking News: Seminole Booster Club official accused of misusing over half a million dollars
Seminole Boosters Chief Executive Officer and President Andy Miller announced today that Sanford Lovingood, comptroller at Seminole Boosters, has been terminated after allegedly misappropriating what is believed to be between $500,000 and…
Wall of Silence broken in Truong homicide
At noon press conference on Saturday, Sheriff David Morgan announced two arrests in the Sept. 13 homicide of Phuong Truong at TM Mart on Michigan Avenue. Dontonio Diaz Thornton, 19, has been…
Three Wanted for Questioning in Truong Homicide
Escambia County Sheriff’s investigators would like to talk to Willie Mae Thornton, 39, Devarian Tevion Weatherspoon, 19, and Brittany Janeisha Dixon, 20, concerning the Sept. 13 homicide of 50-year-old Phuong Nguyen Truong….
Federal Grand Jury indicts Osceola County Deputy and four others in tax refund scheme
Deputy Titus Lee Dixon, 48, Perrissa Dixon, 40, Orman Curtis Witherspoon, 40, Stefondra Monroe, 23, all residing in Kissimmee, Florida, and Katrina Pratt, 39, of Tallahassee, have been charged by a federal…