The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for suspects wanted in connection with drive-by around 10 p.m. Sunday near New Mexico Drive in the Oakcrest area. No one was injured. We are…
Mexican organized crime moving into Pcola?
The possible Mexican mafia connection to the Billings case has been rumored from the very beginning. Our sources that told me about the contract hit motive also mentioned the Mexican mafia, but…
Tice and Mexican mafia
Sheriff David Morgan’s comment about Henry “Cab” Tice and the used car dealer’s admission that he was involved with the Mexican mafia has almost been overlooked by most of the media. I…
Dateline NBC interviews Cab Tice
The Mobile NBC affiliate – WPMI 15- has started running promo pieces for the Monday Dateline NBC show that will focus on the Billings murders (see). Dateline has an exclusive interview with…
Tice arrest report
On 5/22/08, Tice wrote twelve checks to Worldco that were returned non-sufficient funds. Total checks is $17,342.51. They were to pay for vehicles and services conducted through Worldco and Hispanic-American Auto Sales….
Newsweek reports Tice investigated in Ala. too
Newsweek has an online article on the Billings case. Senior Reporter Catharine Skipp spent nearly two weeks in the area working on the story. In it, she reports: Another individual made similar…
The longest day..it’s a humdinger
August 6, 2009 will go down as one of the longest days in my life as a journalist. We were dealing with two rumors all day. One was the Escambia County Sheriff’s…
Tice arrested for grand theft
Press release Pensacola, Fla–The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Henry Cabell Tice, 61, on warrant. Tice faces one count of Grand Theft over $10,000 related to financial dealings with Byrd Billings’…
Tice is being questioned at ECSO
From ECSO: Press Release Pensacola, Fla–The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is currently questioning Henry “Cab†Tice, in the conjunction with the Billings Murder case. More details to come.
Gonzalez charges set for grand jury (updated)
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…
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…
