A 21-year-old Escambia County man has been arrested for making telephone bomb threats to local businesses in September. Lamarte Flynn is accused of making phone calls were made to 911 between September 3rd and the 26th. He was arrested late Friday night and booked into the Escambia County Jail Sunday on a $20,000 bond.… MORE
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SPECIAL ECC MEETING 10-3-16
A special meeting of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 19th to discuss the new county jail. County staff and the DLR Group, the company selected to design the new jail, will be giving a presentation to the board. The meeting will be held in the Board Chambers,…… MORE
NAVY EVACUATES GUANTANAMO BAY 10-3-16
As Hurricane Matthew approaches Cuba, the Navy has ordered the evacuation of about 700 spouses and children from the Guantanamo Bay Navy Base. They are being flown to the Pensacola Naval Air Station and will here until it is safe to return. NAS Pensacola has places to house the families and the Fleet and Family…… MORE
FATAL STABBING FOLLOW-UP 9-30-16
More information has been released about a recent fatal stabbing here in Pensacola. Detectives with the Pensacola Police department said 15-year-old Denzel Williams stabbed his 19-year-old brother, Malik Williams, as he and his mother were spanking their sister for sneaking out of their home on North “H” Street late Tuesday night. There was an altercation…… MORE
CHILD MOLESTOR ARRESTED 9-30-16
An Escambia County man is facing up to life in prison after being convicted of molesting two children. Gregory McLean was convicted of two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years of age. On January 15, 2016, the defendant’s cell phone was located in a bathroom trying to video…… MORE
RADIO COLLARS ON NWF BLACK BEARS 9-30-16
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says radio tracking collars have been placed on 16 female black bears in northwest Florida. FWC Executive Director Nick Wiley said the collars will record their location using satellite telemetry. After a time, the collars will drop from the bear. So far in the study, researchers have learned…… MORE
SHOOTING FOLLOWUP 9-28-16
The name of the man shot during a domestic violence incident near Walnut Hill Tuesday night has been released. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department said 39-year-old Joseph Howard was shot in the abdomen by his mother at a home on Highway 4 who said she was defending herself. Howard was airlifted by Life Flight helicopter…… MORE
STABBING DEATH 9-29-16
The Pensacola Police Department is investigating a stabbing death that happened early yesterday afternoon. Investigating officers say a disagreement between two brothers turned violent and ended with one of them being fatally stabbed and the other arrested. 15-year-old Denzel Williams, of 715 North H St., Pensacola, has been charged with the second-degree murder of his…… MORE
BAUER ROAD TRAFFIC FATAL 9-29-16
The Florida Highway Patrol says a traffic crash on Bauer Road south of Lillian Highway left two people seriously injured, and one dead. Troopers say 26-year-old Tiona Hill was northbound on Bauer Road about 10:30 yesterday morning when she swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle and crashed head-on with a car driven by 44-year-old Alameater…… MORE
HOLMAN C.O.’s 9-28-16
There are reports of corrections officers on strike at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. Prison officials say that nine officers did not report for their shift on Saturday. Officers from other Alabama Department of Corrections facilities were brought in to take their place for that shift. The prison says that the officers reported…… MORE
