The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a man found dead at the scene of an Escambia County house fire on Monday died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Escambia Fire Rescue responded to the fire in the 1900 block of West Detroit Boulevard. The man’s body was found behind the home. The investigation is being handled…… MORE
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LINDA MOULTRIE RETIREMENT
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that former Escambia County School Board member Linda Moultrie, said she had to step down from the school board earlier this year to avoid losing her state retirement. Moultrie served as the District 3 school board member from 2008 until her resignation was announced in August of this year. In…… MORE
PENSACOLA SAILOR KILLED
Flags are now at half-staff in Florida to honor the two Floridian sailors – including one from Pensacola – who are presumed dead after their plane crashed in the Philippine Sea. 18-yeR-OLD Aviation Ordinance man Airman Apprentice Bryan Grosso graduated from West Florida High School in May and after boot camp attened Aviation Ordnance school…… MORE
STATE CRIME RATE DOWN
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says many serious crimes were down in Florida in the 2017 Semi-Annual Uniform Crime Report. That included murder, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and larceny were down. However, the crimes of rape and motor vehicle theft increased. For the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the clearance rate of crimes solved, dropped from…… MORE
SUPREME COURT OPEN CARRY RULING
The United States Supreme Court has refused to take up a challenge to a Florida law that bars people from openly carrying firearms in public. Dale Norman, who had a concealed-weapons license, was arrested in February 2012 in St. Lucie County, for openly carrying a gun in a holster. He was found guilty of a…… MORE
THREATENING LETTER WRITER SENTENCED
A 31-year-old Pensacola man who mailed a threatening letter to Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has been to three years in prison. Regis Walker pleaded guilty to the charge of mailing threatening communications. In the letter he claimed ISIS would simultaneously attack military bases, beaches and schools and could not be stopped by law enforcement.…… MORE
DRIVER CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH
A 27-year-old Pensacola man is facing vehicular homicide charges a year after he was involved in a fatal traffic crash. The Pensacola Police Department says on September 17th, 2016, John Samaras collided with another vehicle on 9th Avenue. The passenger in that vehicle, 71-year-old Michele Noble, died at the scene. Samaras was high on marijuana…… MORE
DESTIN IS DRUNKEST CITY
24/7 Wall Street, a financial news site, the Crestview/Fort Walton Beach/Destin area is listed as the drunkest city in Florida. Data was compiled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which shows the statewide average for excessive drinking is about 17.4 percent while 20.8 percent of adults in Crestview/Fort Walton Beach/Destin drink excessively. The…… MORE
EVERS AUTOPSY REPORT
A toxicology report indicates that former State Senator Greg Evers had no alcohol or drugs in his system when he died in a car crash this summer. The Florida Highway Patrol said Evers lost control of his truck on Griffith Mill Road in August about a mile from his home in Baker. His body was…… MORE
ECSD SHOOTING
Shots were fired at Escambia County deputies Friday when they  attempted to serve an arrest warrant near Louise Avenue and East Nine Mile Road. Deputies returned fire, hitting the suspect as he fled. He was apprehended a short time later hiding behind a dumpster at the Taco Bell at Nine Mile and Chemstrand Roads. The…… MORE
