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His case is…</p> </div> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-read-more"><a href="https://ricksblog.biz/weekend-buzz-ppd-may-have-problem-found-money-and-smartest-answer/"><span class="flashwp-read-more-text">Continue Reading</span></a></div> </div> </div> <div id="post-28352" class="flashwp-fp04-post"> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-details-full"> <h3 class="flashwp-fp04-post-title"><a href="https://ricksblog.biz/crime-creeps-into-east-pensacola-more-like-roars-into-the-area/" rel="bookmark">Crime creeps into east Pensacola, more like roars into the area</a></h3> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-footer"> <span class="flashwp-fp04-post-date flashwp-fp04-post-meta"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> January 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-snippet"><p>The daily newspaper reports that there were 526 residential burglaries in the city in 2012 –300 in last nine month of the year. 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When Pensacola Police Sgt. 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Ask Maren DeWeese. For years, her neighborhoods have avoided the Bluffs park on Scenic…</p> </div> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-read-more"><a href="https://ricksblog.biz/what-can-council-member-do/"><span class="flashwp-read-more-text">Continue Reading</span></a></div> </div> </div> <div id="post-8927" class="flashwp-fp04-post"> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-details-full"> <h3 class="flashwp-fp04-post-title"><a href="https://ricksblog.biz/1-pensacola-drug-dealer-spot/" rel="bookmark">#1 Pensacola Drug Dealer Spot</a></h3> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-footer"> <span class="flashwp-fp04-post-date flashwp-fp04-post-meta"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 26, 2010</span> </div> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-snippet"><p>The corner of A and Jackson streets is where drugs are sold daily openly on the street. It’s not secret. 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But by the end of the…</p> </div> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-read-more"><a href="https://ricksblog.biz/protest-today/"><span class="flashwp-read-more-text">Continue Reading</span></a></div> </div> </div> <div id="post-7507" class="flashwp-fp04-post"> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-details-full"> <h3 class="flashwp-fp04-post-title"><a href="https://ricksblog.biz/buzz-unrest-over-steen-death/" rel="bookmark">Buzz: Unrest over Steen death</a></h3> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-footer"> <span class="flashwp-fp04-post-date flashwp-fp04-post-meta"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> October 6, 2009</span> </div> <div class="flashwp-fp04-post-snippet"><p>The Pensacola Police Department is hitting the internet to find witnesses to the death of 17-year-old Victor Damarius Steen. 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