On July 31, the State Attorney’s Office set the charges on Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. to second degree murder not premediated. The same goes for his father and all the other suspects. According…
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City of Navarre?
The Daily News reports that Navarre residents are considering whether to incorporate. In 2006, the chamber paid $50,000 to Government Services Group to determine its qualifications to be incorporated. Citizens met last…
Nodine won’t run for Mobile mayor
Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine has apparently decided not to run for mayor of Mobile against incumbent Sam Jones (Read). Nodine tried to use crime as the catalyst for his campaign trial…
WEAR reports Tice will be back on Thursday
WEAR TV 3 did broadcast a report by Dan Thomas that states that Cab Tice is a person of interest in the Billings case. It’s a video version of what I reported…
Questioning the DROP of Rusty Wells
This email has been sent to the Pensacola City Council. DROP stands for Deferred Retirement Option Program. City employees are allowed to announce their retirement date and begin collected retirement checks (in…
Pilot in Ecuador killing is Fausti
Thanks to faithful readers of the blog. More has been discovered about Brandon Fausti – ex-husband of Tabatha Gonzalez, wife of the suspected killer of Byrd and Melanie Billings. A follow up…
Sordid tale of woe from T. Gonzalez’s ex
The ex-husband of Tabatha Gonzalez, wife of the Patrick Gonzalez, Jr, was convicted of trafficking cocaine in September 2004. Judge Linda Nobles sentenced him, Brandon Anthony Fausti, to two years of community…
ECSO takes over Jail infirmary
At midnight last night, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office took control of the Escambia County Jail infirmary from Armor Correctional Health Services. The move is part of Sheriff Morgan’s efforts to cut…
Probability, Possibility Press Conference
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan called a press conference in response to the CNN news report that the State Attorney’s Office was investigating whether the July 9 murders of Byrd and Melanie…
Press Conference tonight
From ECSO: Press Release Pensacola, FL-In response to media reports that the Billings Murders were contract killings, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan is stating that the possibility that these murders were a…
UWF Named ‘A Best In The Southeast College’
Press Release: The University of West Florida has once again been named one of the best colleges and universities in the Southeast according to The Princeton Review. The education services company selected…
Comm. White questions use of budgets and more
Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White has asked County Administrator Bob McLaughlin to sent a letter to all the commissioners in which he tells McLaughlin “the budget you have presented is not sustainable…
CNN reports Billings murders a contract hit
From CNN: “A source with knowledge of the investigation tells CNN the state attorney’s office believes there were two motives in the home invasion murder of Florida couple Byrd and Melanie Billings…
Billings – Mississippi notes
My hometown is Greenville, Mississippi. We moved from Greenville to Gulf Breeze in 1981. Bud Billings lived in Greenville from the mid-1970s until 1985, when he sold his business, Greenville Auto &…
Pamela Long Wiggins arrested for bigamy (Updated)
Pamela Long Wiggins – who has already been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the Billings murders – has been arrested today on bigamy charges. She posted $5,000 bond….
Inside Billings dealership
A former of employee of a used car dealership tied to the late Bud Billings recalls his time with Billings as a rollercoaster of shady deals and high pressure collections. He saw…
SR Health Director resigns after DUI
NorthEscambia.com reports that Shannon Jacobs, the Santa Rosa County Health Director, resigned on Friday, July 24. Jacobs, 34, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic on Navarre Beach Road June 20 a…
Missing cars
According to our sources, the business issue between Bud Billings and Henry “Cab” Tice involved “disappearing” cars from the Tice car lots. Billings’ finance company, Worldco Financial Services, financed Tice’s floor plan…
Living in Pensacola online survey
715 people have completed in the past 7 days this survey by the Better Pensacola Forum and Mason-Dixon. Check it out – here.
PETA wants ZOO closed
The Daily News reports that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has sent letters to Santa Rosa and Escambia County commissioners to urge them to stop providing financial help to…