PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced on Friday the sentences of New York and Connecticut residents for their involvement in a bank…
Category: Crime
Omaha 360 combats gun violence
ABC News’ Brad Garrett has talked about gun violence and ways to reduce it, but the missing piece has always been communities’ commitment and law enforcement’s collaboration with them. That’s why he…
Parkland shooting ‘Feels Like Five Minutes Ago’
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Five years after a mass shooting that shook Florida, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Parkland remain inextricably linked to the ghastly…
This might be a record
Last May, Paul Jordan came into Fish House and drank and ate at the bar for a couple of hours. After the couple sitting next to him paid their bar tab in…
Cannabis dispensary asks for help after multiple break-ins
Legal Leaf on Navy Boulevard Suffers Another Burglary, Just Days After Juveniles Arrested for Breaking Into both the Navy and Cervantes Locations The business has three locations that offer legal THC-products for…
Sheriff’s office and Children’s Trust
Last week, the Escambia Children’s Trust failed to pass Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons’ request $432,501 for Movie Nights ($40,000), Public Service Announcements ($50,000), Virtual Reality Training Simulator ($152,201.14) and a Real Time…
Real News: Colorado Springs shooting
Five people are known to be dead and many more injured after police say a 22-year-old man walked into the club around midnight on Sunday morning and opened fire using a long…
Breaking: Sheriff says tonight’s roundtable is first of a series
Sheriff Chip Simmons talks about his expectations for what will be the first of a series of roundtables on gun violence.
Sheriff focused on finding suspects in Bellview shooting [podcast]
On WCOA this morning, Sheriff Chip Simmons repeated his request for any video taken by fans at the Bellview Park football on Saturday where one man was killed and another injured in…
PPD also steps up security at youth football games
Press release: In response to a fatal shooting on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Bellview Athletic Complex in Escambia County, the Pensacola Police Department will have an increased police presence at City of Pensacola…
Making youth football games safer
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh and Superintendent Tim Smith mentioned counseling being made available for those who experienced the shooting. Sheriff Simmons talked about helping escort a 10-year-old cheerleader and her mom to their…
Sheriff asks for videos, photos taken a Bellview park
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the suspects involved in the Saturday afternoon shooting during youth football games at Bellview Park that left one man dead and another injured. Sheriff…
SAO clears Marioneaux in shooting
State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announces that after diligent investigation and review no criminal prosecution will be commenced against Corey Marioneaux Jr. for a shooting incident that occurred during the lawful execution…
“All-star team” of retired investigators reviewing six cold cases
By Tom St. Myer Retirement offers its share of perks, but Buddy Nesmith misses the thrill of solving a case. So, when Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons first broached him about forming…
Sarasota PD investigation leads to arrest of Pensacola Pink Panther
Sarasota police claim a Pensacola man – Stephen Diamond, 52 – captured in Georgia is their suspect in a home burglary in their city. On Nov. 23, home surveillance cameras captured the…
Arrests made in Warrington area double homicide
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office made two posts on its Facebook page at 9 p.m. last night. One was for the public to lock their cars. The other: ARRESTED: Hunter Patrick Carroll…
Arrest made in Yeldon murder case
On 08/31/21 at approximately 1530 hours, the Pensacola Police Department arrested Iris Isaiah Jenkins (06/09/04) for the murder of Michael Yeldon that occurred on 08/14/21. Yeldon was shot and killed inside of…
Real News podcast: Saving our youth
When a young man or woman is murdered, there’s always a lot of finger-pointing. What can we do to stop triggers from pulled? On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA today, I talked with Escambia…
What we know about the murder of Michael Yeldon
Late Saturday afternoon, Michael Yeldon, age 22, told his mother that he was going to the store. Around 7:40 p.m., police were called to Attucks Court, 1300 West Cervantes Street. Michael was…
Billings case on new ID series ‘Citizen P.I.’
In February, I was interviewed for a new series, Citizen P.I., on the Investigation Discovery Channel concerning the 2009 murders of Bud and Melanie Billings. The network is streaming three episodes in…
