Press Release: Escambia Sheriff’s Investigators are seeking a possible witness to the September 13, 2014 homicide of 50-year-old Phuong Nguyen Truong. The witness is described as a white male in his mid…
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Thomas says school marshals may be in the future for Escambia elementary schools
Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told his school board at special workshop on Thursday that he has talked with local law enforcement about establishing a school marshal program to provide security…
Miracle Camp, a labor of love
I spent Thursday morning at Sacred Heart’s Miracle Camp. My daughters Cat and Tricia, along with their husbands Mike and Tom and their friends, have put on a special summer camp for…
Morgan starts to assemble team
Escambia Sheriff-elect David Morgan has named Lt. Bill Chavers as his Chief Deputy, a position last held by Larry Smith under McNesby. Chavers started with the Pensacola Police Department in 1974 and…
Morgan has a plan
During his campaign, Sheriff-elect David Morgan outlined his plans for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The daily newspaper has packaged those campaign promises into an article. 1. Hiring more deputies – Go…
Copy of Morgan letter to Commissioners
Read the letter: consolidate-and-oversight-of-accounting-functions-david-morgan-11-5.pdf
Sheriff-to-be Morgan calls for audit
David Morgan has sent a letter to the Escambia County Commission telling them he wants to move the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office accounting, budgeting and finances under the County Comptroller Ernie Lee…
BTW: Wells retired
Rusty Wells who is currently an assistant City Attorney and part-time attorney ($60K) for the Escambia County Sheriff’s office retired in August 2004 and is in the DROP program. He is considered…
City attorney candidate works for ECSO, too
Asst. City Attorney William “Rusty” Wells – and candidate to replace John Fleming as the City Attorney for Pensacola. Wells has a dual career. He supposedly works 40+ hours a week for…
ECSO more expensive than Mobile County
From April 24 Outtakes: What McNesby doesn’t say is the budget for just the sheriff’s department, $47,952,633, is more than double the budget of Mobile County, Alabama’s Sheriff’s Office, $17,858,340. Mobile County…
What’s wrong with Escambia County
Last night’s county commission meeting is the perfect example. A contractor – who has made hundreds of thousands from the county in the Hurricane Ivan clean-up and who employs the former county…
McNesby budget under public scrutiny
Over and over again, I hear discontent in the community with the Escambia County Sheriff’s budget – that has increased over 30 percent since Ron McNesby took office. It’s good that McNesby…
HIP squad on patrol
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has a new unit that will fight crime during this holiday season – High Intensity Patrol unit (HIP). The Hippies (our name for them – not the…
Free, free at last
Sheriff Ron McNesby pleads no contest to charges that stem from a 2004 hunting trip in Wisconsin. The judge adjudicates McNesby guilty of two counts of illegal hunting/possession of game/birds and placing…
King press conference not for us
Rev. Hugh King’s press conference really wasn’t for the white community or the press. It was to defend himself in front of his congregation and the African-American community. There is a strong…
Brownsville, Blackburn and gangs
Brownsville resident says in this David Morgan campaign ad that Brownsville is back to where it was before the ECSO ‘s Operation Brownsville. Homeowner Jerry Jones describes a late night drive through…
ECSO top heavy
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office appears to be top heavy when you compare it to the operations at the Pensacola Police Department. City of Pensacola has 112 police officers with salaries ranging from…
Sherriff produces annual report
Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has produced a high-gloss annual report that’s 52 pages. It looks like a high school yearbook with pictures of his high-priced management team. Each department has its…
More on Century
There are people around that remember beyond just last week. The Century-law enforcement-drugs issue has been around longer than the daily newspaper’s articles last week. In June, 2005 when Century Town Council…
Biggest Pensacola News Stories
The three biggest news stories for last week were clearly the rejection of the half-cent sales tax for healthcare; the revelation of the magnitude of the drug problems in Century; and the…