The Florida Department of Corrections says drones are being used to smuggle illegal items behind prison walls. Authorities are investigating two confirmed drone drops at Florida prisons in the last 30 days. One of those drops was discovered at a Northwest Florida prison after correctional officers spotted the drone, which was delivering a cellphone and…… MORE
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COP KILLER DENIED PAROLE
A man who killed a Pensacola Police officer more than 35 years ago has been denied parole by the Florida Commission on Offender Review. 53-year-old Cliff Jackson, and his co-defendant, Clarence Hill, held up the Freedom Savings and Loan in downtown Pensacola on October 19th, 1982, and shot police officers Stephen Taylor and Larry Bailey.…… MORE
ROBBERY SUSPECT ID’d
The suspect in the armed robbery of the Walgreens at Nine Mile and Pine Forest Roads has been identified. He is 32-year old David P. or Davis Vaughn, who is also wanted for an officer-involved shooting in Boone County, Kentucky. A Kentucky deputy fired at Vaughn on Monday when he drove toward deputies after they…… MORE
PANAMA CITY BEACH POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED
A 48-year-old Panama City Beach Police officer has been arrested for pulling his service weapon on an unarmed citizen outside a bowling alley back on March 2nd. Witnesses reported seeing Corporal Scott Womack, pull his service weapon during a dispute with an unidentified man, then flee the scene. A warrant was issued and Womack turned…… MORE
3 CHARGED IN MISAPPROPRIATING FUNDS
Two former executives and the wife of one of the men have been charged with racketeering and fraud for allegedly misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Gulf Coast marine business. Fred Pace, Andrew Crisp and Leslie Pace each face charges for allegedly misappropriating money, credit, labor, services and equipment from Legendary Marine over…… MORE
BANDED PELICANS
If you happen to see a brown pelican with a blue or green band on its leg, while enjoying outdoor activities on the Gulf Coast scientists from South Carolina’s Clemson University would like to know about it. Since 2014, researchers have banded 850 pelicans and released them along the Gulf Coast, tracking the birds where…… MORE
GULFVIEW HOTEL MOVE
The 115-year-old Gulfview Hotel in Fort Walton Beach will soon be moved to a new location. The hotel opened in 1903 and continued operating into the mid 1980s, but has been vacant for the past 15 years. It was donated to the city in December of 2016 and it is on the National Register of…… MORE
MAYOR HAYWARD WILL NOT RUN
Pensacola’s mayor has announced he will not seek reelection. Mayor Ashton Hayward said in a news release that he believes the best leaders are not career politicians but citizen servants and he has decided not to seek a third term as mayor of Pensacola. Elected in 2010 as Pensacola’s first strong Mayor under the new…… MORE
FLEEING FUGITIVE SURRENDERS
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office had received a tip that Marcelo Reyes – who was wanted on five felony burglary warrants -was on his way to his girlfriend’s house in Cantonment. When deputies attempted to make a traffic stop he fled, reaching speeds over 100 miles per hour. At one point it appears he deliberately…… MORE
ARMED ROBBER SOUGHT
Escambia County Sheriff’s Deputies are seeking a man who robbed a Walgreens store at gunpoint yesterday morning. Investigators said the suspect walked into the Walgreens on Nine Mile Road at Pine Forest Road about 8:15am and demanded pills. He then left the store in a maroon Nissan. No injuries were reported and the investigation is…… MORE
