The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation says insurance loss estimates from Hurricane Irma have hit 9.7 billion dollars, up by more than 1 billion dollars since April. The number of claims had reached 987,767, up more than 54,000 from when numbers were previously updated in April. In Escambia County, there were 265 Irma claims filed,…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
FLORIDA INMATE DEATHS
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that according to inmate mortality data furnished by the Florida Department of Corrections, 75% of all non-natural or suicide deaths in area prisons last year were related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids. Century, Blackwater River, and Santa Rosa correctional institutions in the Florida Panhandle saw inmate deaths jump…… MORE
HIT AND RUN DRIVER ID’d
Pensacola Police have announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for the driver of a car that struck and killed two pedestrians on June 6th on West Cervantes Street. Pensacola Police Chief Tommi Lyter and State Attorney Bill Eddins said at a news conference yesterday that Markquise Wallace of Pensacola is wanted for the…… MORE
CARJACKING SUSPECTS CAPTURED
A man and woman believed wanted for an armed carjacking in Pensacola two weeks ago have been captured in Mississippi. Lessie Proctor and Annastasia Coenen are suspects of an armed carjacking near the Tryon Branch Library on Langley Avenue when they stole the elderly woman’s car and headed to the Miami-area, where police said the…… MORE
ALABAMA FUGITIVE CAPTURED
Deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department in Florida captured an Alabama escapee yesterday afternoon following a manhunt in central Escambia County. Christopher Hosford was wanted in Escambia County, Alabama on a variety of charges including escape from a community corrections program. Escambia County Florida deputies made a traffic stop on West Highway 4 near…… MORE
MISSING DESTIN SWIMMER
The Coast Guard continues to search for a person missing in the water near the Okaloosa County Pier in Destin. The Coast Guard received a report about 1:20 p.m. that two people were on separate rafts when one person fell off and did not resurface. A 45-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Destin arrived…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY FOX ATTACKS
Three people were hospitalized recently after multiple attacks by a gray fox in the gated community of Windswept Estates in Walton County. A husband and wife from Freeport, said they were riding in a golf cart about 2 p.m. when they a gray fox crawled under the cart then came out attacked them before running…… MORE
FORT WALTON BEACH DOG SHOT
Fort Walton Beach Police are seeking suspects after officers responded to the area of Ranger Street and Second Avenue on Thursday in reference to a dog being shot. Officers arrived at 5:05 p.m. and spoke to people who said a black SUV occupied by several people stopped in front of a home on Second Avenue.…… MORE
PENSACOLA NAS PUBLIC ACCESS
Florida U.S. Senator Bill Nelson wants the public to have more access to Pensacola Naval Air Station – specifically the Museum of Naval Aviation and Barrancas National Cemetery. To that end he has added an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act requiring the Navy to present a plan for increased public access to both the…… MORE
FRANKLIN COUNTY JAIL DRUG SMUGGLING
Six inmates in the Franklin County Jail had to be rushed to Weems Memorial Hospital Monday morning after ingesting K2, a highly potent form of synthetic marijuana. Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith said five of the six men were treated and released. A sixth man was flown by helicopter to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and remains…… MORE
