Former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary originally testified in 2002 he saw Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy, but as Anna Werner reports, a local newspaper story raised new questions…
Category: Crime
How got arrested this weekend?
Do any of these people look familiar? Arrested since Friday, Dec. 9 and sitting in Jail Who was booked and then released: —— ALMAREZ, RICKY (W / MALE) Status: Released Booking No:…
Man Condemned to Death in Conn. Home Invasion
Last year, when I did TLC special on home invasion, this was the other case covered in the show. A jury condemned a Connecticut man to death for killing a woman and…
More on Pensacola Village shootings
An investigation continues into a double shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon in Pensacola, and four people initially questioned as potential suspects have been released. Meanwhile, the two victims – Roosevelt Bogan, 28,…
Raw Video: Officers Respond to Va Tech Shooting
Virginia Tech officials said a police officer and another person were shot and killed on the school’s campus Thursday and the university locked down the campus. (Dec. 8) Source: Associated Press
Pine Forest sophomore shot and killed
Last night, Pine Forest High School sophomore was shot and killed in the Bellview area. This is the fifth student shot and second killed since the beginning of the school year. Here…
Darn it, a cab seemed like a good idea at time
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Pensacola man within a half hour of him robbing the Member’s First Credit Union on Airport Blvd. Twenty-seven-year-old Darrel Ward (pictured below) was arrested at Sam’s Fun City…
15 Arrested as New Ordinance Enforced
Press Release – ECSO Sheriff’s deputies began enforcing a new county ordinance today that prohibits anyone from standing in the median of roadways within Escambia County. The ordinance also prohibits anyone from…
More shooting near college formerly known as PJC
An investigation continues into what is believed to have been a drug-related incident that resulted in numerous shots being fired Monday night at a local apartment complex. Police recovered a handgun and…
Shots fired near Pensacola State College
NorthEscambia.com reports numerous shots were fired in what was believed to be a drug related incident Monday night near Pensacola State College. Pensacola Police Department Sgt. Stephen Davis said a substance believed…
US road accident casualties: every one mapped across America
From the Guardian: 369,629 people died on America’s roads between 2001 and 2009. Following its analysis of UK casualties last week, transport data mapping experts ITO World have taken the official data…
Lego Man still in Sarasota police custody. Held without trial.
Amnesty International may have a new case. Ego Leonard — Sarasota’s famed Lego man — has a painted-on smile that must be hiding some serious heartbreak. It looks like the 8-foot-tall fiberglass…
Second Mile to pass baton
NY Times reports the charity Second Mile will try to transfer its programs to other nonprofit organizations and will conduct an investigation into its actions relating to Jerry Sandusky’s alleged sexual abuse….
Haters
The FBI released its list of last year’s hate crimes. While the City of Pensacola did not report any hate crimes, Escambia County reported three. The first two occurred over the summer…
PSU scandal: Wake up call for judges
Justice at Stake, a legal reform group dedicated to protecting fair and impartial courts, has issued the following statement on the case of Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State football coach accused…
Nodine to be retried for murder
Baldwin County Circuit Judge Charles Partin denied a request by murder suspect Stephen Nodine’s attorneys to dismiss charges in the death of his girlfriend, Angel Downs. Partin also granted a request by…
BP faces probation
I wrote about it two weeks again. BP is serial criminal. Federal prosecutors in Alaska agree. They have alleged BP, one of the three big oil producers operating on Alaska’s North Slope,…
Grand jury investigates Evers on billboards
The SaintPetersBlog just broke the story. A grand jury in Leon County was convened yesterday to investigate an environmental group’s claims that State Senator Greg Evers used the influence of his former…
NWC defends Penn State assistant coach
The National Whistleblowers Center defends people who come forward and point out injustices and crimes where they work. It’s motto is “Honesty without Fear.” NWC Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn issued the…
Hate crime stats released
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released yesterday Hate Crime Statistics, 2010 based on information submitted by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. These data indicate that 6,628 criminal incidents involving 7,699 offenses…