The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help, according to its Facebook page. At 2:10 p.m. Monday, the Raceway Gas Station at 7271 Pensacola Blvd. was robbed at gun point….
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Miami Gardens tackles its 25 homicides in 2012
Pensacola and its population of 52,197 has had one homicide since the first of the year- the 18-year-old that was beaten in Morris Court and later was taken off life support. It…
Street Buzz: Another home invasion and shooting
I was awakened this morning by a phone call from a source. According to him, Victor Rome was shot twice last night after armed men invaded his home and robbed him of…
New Warrington Road Shooting
ECSO Release: Escambia Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an afternoon shooting on New Warrington Rd. Deputies responded to a call of a shooting victim in the area of New Warrington Rd and Chiefs…
Video: Hot Stove Politics in Escambia and Pensacola
On Jan. 8, I was invited to sit in with attorney Bill Rankin on his television show “Within Reason.” Segment One – Ernie Lee Magaha handing out bonuses and pay raises to…
News Journal has interactive map of 23 homicides in 2012
Catch this before the paywall goes up. The Pensacola News Journal has an interactive map of the area’s 23 homicides last year. Good work – here.
Follow up to Jan. 3: Arrest made in Matthew Cox murder
Press Release: Investigators have charged a Pensacola man with a Homicide that occurred on July 28, 2012. Bennie Robbins III, 18, was charged yesterday after investigators were able to obtain an arrest…
WTF: City of Pensacola has higher murder rate than NYC
Last Friday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised his Police Department for newly released 2012 homicide statistics, which showed 414 murders in the city—the city’s lowest homicide rate in 40 years…
The escalating violence in crimes committed in Pensacola is troubling
The violent crime in Pensacola is escalating to a much more dangerous level. In 2009, I was writing about drive-by shootings. Shots were fired over crowds, few people were injured. In 2010…
EHS arsonist high on cocaine
NorthEscambia.com has obtained the arrest report of Daniel Lance Quattlebaum,the man accused of setting fire to Escambia High School Tuesday nigh. Quattlebaun turned himself in. He called 9-1-1 and told the dispatcher…
Nodine trial continues
On Wednesday, the murder of former Mobile County Commissioner and 2009 Mullet Toss champion Steve Nodine resumed. Jurors heard about a 2009 incident when a drunk Nodine caused a scene at the…
On TLC Tonight
I will be on TLC tonight for a show about the Billings murders – 9 pm Central; 10 pm Eastern. Home Invasion Murders: The Billings and The Petits TV-PG (SV), CC It’s…
Steen press conference
By IN reporter Sean Boone Steen Press Conference Aaron Watson, the attorney for the family of Victor Steen, held a press conference today outside the Federal Courthouse to speak about yesterday’s coroner’s…
State Attorney agrees with Judge Simon
Press Release: Office of the State Attorney announced today that they have reviewed the ruling of Judge John Simon concerning death of Victor Steen. The State is in agreement with Judge Simon’s…
Crime at A and Jackson St.
Calls received with dispositions in 2009 in the four block area that includes A & Jackson streets. There were 933 calls – which breaks down to an average of 78 per month;…
Gang Forum
Press Release: Sacred Heart Trauma Center, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office to Present Forum on Gangs in Our Community PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Sacred Heart Trauma Center and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office,…
What can one council member do?
What can a council member do about crime in her district? Ask Maren DeWeese. For years, her neighborhoods have avoided the Bluffs park on Scenic Highway because of sexual activity happening at…
ECSO retiree charged with larceny
by Sean Boone A 32-year veteran of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has been accused of stealing more than $100,000 in department funds. Catherine Lister, who retired on Jan. 29 from the…
Mexican mafia along Gulf Coast
BBC News reported over the weekend that a suspected senior member of one of Mexico’s major drugs cartels, Carlos Beltran Leyva, was arrested in Culiacan, Mexico. Leyva of the Beltran Leyva drug…
Billings recap: Friday, July 10
IT HASN’T SUNKEN IN Friday, July 10 The Pensacola News Journal reports on its front page that “a Beulah couple who adopted 12 children and owned several local businesses were found shot…