Press Release: On January 10, 2013 about 10:10 p.m., deputies responded to a shots fired disturbance in the 700 block of Belair Rd. When deputies arrived on-scene they found one victim dead,…
Category: Crime
Another shooting in Montclair area last night. One dead, others in hospital
I got a phone call last night from readers in the Montclair about shootings were reported at different locations along Belair Road around after 10 p.m. One person was pronounced deceased at…
Miami has gun buy-back program
In an effort to curb illegal guns and gun violence, Miami police is holding its first 2013 gun buyback operation of the year. Beginning on Jan. 19, anyone can drop off any…
Escambia County: Rape capital of Florida, too
India has attracted international over the rape of a young woman by a gang of men on a New Delhi bus (New Delhi Attack: The Victim’s Story). We’ve got a forcible rape…
Another Escambia County Claim to Shame: Child Deaths
The Statewide Child Abuse Death Review Committee has released its annual report. Escambia County is one of the worst in the state with 100 total child deaths and four verified child abuse/neglect…
IN Cover Story Puts a Face on Area Homicides
Murders, shootings, assaults, rapes…they too quickly become just numbers, one-day headlines lost in the flood of news of Justin Beiber’s tattoos, Lady Gaga’s outfits and Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy Firing a county administrator,…
Nine hate crimes committed in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties
Attorney General Pam Bondi released on Monday the 2011 Hate Crimes in Florida Report, which includes detailed information on the types of hate crimes being committed throughout the state. During the 2011…
WTF: City of Pensacola has higher murder rate than NYC
Last Friday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised his Police Department for newly released 2012 homicide statistics, which showed 414 murders in the city—the city’s lowest homicide rate in 40 years…
Food for guns trade worked in LA. How much chicken can you buy for a rocket launcher?
The Los Angeles Police Department offered for one day only a buyback program. Turn in a gun, get a grocery store gift card. According to Atlantic, the final numbers were 2,037 firearms,…
The escalating violence in crimes committed in Pensacola is troubling
The violent crime in Pensacola is escalating to a much more dangerous level. In 2009, I was writing about drive-by shootings. Shots were fired over crowds, few people were injured. In 2010…
Body of kidnap victim found. Does Pensacola have a neighborhood gang war brewing?
The Pensacola Police report that the body of Torrance L. Hackworth, who was kidnapped from his residence early Monday morning, was yesterday afternoon found in a wooded lot in the 1600 block…
Pensacola violence escalates. When will it get its own mayoral press conference?
Probably not the greatest photo op for the mayor. These types of press releases from Pensacola Police Department have become commonplace: Christmas Night Shooting Pensacola Police are investigating two shootings that occurred…