The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that Patrick Gonzalez jr. would call once or twice a year, the Herkel residence in Sarasota and demand to see his daughter. The daughter is the one…
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 the home invasion. Patrick Gonzalez graduated from…
FPBA has record issues with TEAM Santa Rosa
The Florida Police Benevolent Association is claiming TEAM Santa Rosa has not complied with its public record request concerning Management Training Corporation. They requested copies of the minutes from a TEAM Santa…
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 solve the Billings murders. He said over…
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 – claimed at his first court appearance this…
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 juvenile (age 16). All seven suspects will…
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 why. Read UWF AdminSalaries.
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 and Sundays in a tree-filled park. The…
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 began in February 2005.
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 – have done a good job of covering…
WEAR TV owner stock plummets
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the owner of WEAR TV 3, in its n 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10 said that it may have to file Chapter 11…
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 the Port of Pensacola up for sale…
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 males in the Gulf Breeze WalMart photo…
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, told WEAR that Coldiron did landscape work…
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 place and only post to show that…
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 three seconds.
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 involved in the Billings murder. Morgan release…
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, but today I feel great. Now Tabatha…
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” Mood: adventurous adventurous. According to his page,…
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 West Florida Area and Women’s Self Defense…
