Category: Escambia County
Few remaining notes on Billings
The Sheriff said that at least one of the people arrested for the Billings murders did confess. He said that the robbery team had practiced…
Who worked on Billings investigation?
Sheriff David Morgan opened the noon press conference honoring the men and women at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office that worked around the clock to…
Patrick Gonzalez disputes charges
Kris Wernowsky of the PNJ is reporting that Patrick Gonzalez Jr. – who Sheriff David Morgan identified as the organizer of the Billings crime –…
Three more arrests in Billings murders
Sheriff David Morgan reported the arrests of three more people in the Billings murder case – Fredrick Lee Thornton, Donald Ray Stallworth and an unnamed…
UWF admin salaries
UWF has released its administration salaries as part of its negotiations with the UWF faculty union. The salaries on the spreadsheet are in thousands…not sure…
Pensacola Federal prison ranked #2 Cushiest
Forbes Magazine ranks the Federal Prison in Pensacola as the sccond cushiest in the system. Why? Prisoners can visit with their families on Fridays, Saturdays…
Record day for blog
Rick’s Blog had a record day on Monday, July 13 – 11,172 visitors and 73,579 page views. The best we have done since the blog…
Billings media circus
An interesting aspect of the Billings murder case is the national media attention. The local news – both WEAR TV 3 and the PNJ –…
Mack has a plan for Port
In all the hubbub over Blue Angels Week, Santa Claus wanting Ferdinand Plaza and the numerous Sunshine Law investigations, Councilwoman Diane Mack’s proposal for putting…
Fourth arrest in the Billings murders
Sheriff David Morgan announced tonight at an 8:30 pm press conference the arrest of Gary Lamont Sumner, Jr. Sumner is one of the two black…
WEAR: Coldiron did landscape work for the Billings
WEAR TV 3 interviewed the step daughter of Wayne Coldiron. Coldiron has been arrested for the murders of the Billings. The step daughter, Dawn Center,…
Rape victim’s poem possibly linked to accused Billings murder
Wayne Coldiron is the second person suspected of murdering the Billings. I got this post to the blog. We can’t verify that the rape took…
Billings Murder Video
Here is the video that the ECSO released today on the intruders entering the north side of the Billings residence. The camera had filmed every…
Billings press conference
Sheriff David Morgan said at the 3 p.m. press conference that the ECSO is looking for three black males and possibly white male who were…
Patrick Gonzalez facebook account
http://www.facebook.com/patpoff?v=wall&viewas=1126945178 His last post is Saturday night two days after the murders. The day after the murders, Gonzalez posted: “Was feeling a little ill yesterday,…
Patrick Gonzalez Myspace page
Check out this link: http://www.myspace.com/billherkel. His last post on his mood, dated July 8 – night before murders —Patrick Gonzalez “making a move for humanity”…
Project FightBack
Patrick Gonzalez’s self defense group was called “Project FIGHTBACK.” It was described as providing Abduction Awareness and Kidnap Prevention Training to children in the North…
More GV emails
I think this is the last set of emails to/from Commissioner Valentino with BPM on economic development. There are some duplicates from earlier posts. I…
Accused Billings murderer – “Born Again” self defense instructor
Patrick Gonzalez (Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr.), one of the two men accused of murdering Byrd and Melanie Billings, is a south Santa Rosa County resident…
Arrest made in Billings murder case
Sheriff David Morgan and State Attorney Bill Eddins just completed a press conference to announce the arrest of Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Sr. for tampering with…
