July 7, 2017 A Pensacola man was convicted by an Escambia County Jury for Trafficking in Heroin and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and was immediately sentenced to 27 years in state prison. An investigation into narcotics by undercover officers with the Vice and Narcotics Unit at the Pensacola Police Department led to the arrest of 37 year old Tristan Jamaal ...
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July 7, 2017 Fort Walton Beach, FL – An Okaloosa County Inmate has been found guilty for ordering a hit on his 17 year old victim. An Okaloosa County Jury came back with a guilty verdict for Darell James Robinson for Solicitation to Commit First Degree Murder. Robinson will face thirty years in state prison. In August of 2015, Darell Robinson ...
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July 7, 2017 DeFuniak Springs, FL – A former Little League Coach will spend the next 40 years of his life behind bars for what was first reported as soliciting the parents through Facebook to have sex with their 10 year old child. Bill Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced today that 27-yearold Jason Cody Hughes entered ...
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July 7, 2017 The Okaloosa County Commission will conduct an Executive Session at the conclusion of its regularly scheduled Board meeting on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at the City Council Meeting Room located at the City Hall of Crestview, 198 North Wilson Street, Crestview Florida 32536 to discuss ongoing litigation. The Executive Session will begin following the completion of the ...
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July 6, 2017 Montgomery, Ala – Three words for this year’s Fourth of July holiday travel period: no seat belts. Seat belts were available but not in use in seven of the eight deadly traffic crashes Alabama State Troopers are investigating from this year’s extended holiday weekend, which began at 6 p.m. Friday, June 30, and ran through midnight Tuesday, July 4. The eight fatal traffic crashes consisted ...
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July 6, 2017 Santa Rosa Beach, Fla— A 6-year-old boy just a week away from competing in the Little League World Series in Louisiana will now have his championship ring back thanks to the quick work of Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies. Thursday morning, around 8am deputies responded to a report of a car burglary on Magnolia Creek Road in ...
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July 6, 2017 A seven-week-old baby who was found deceased after being left in a family vehicle for nearly eight hours July 2 nd is identified as Timothy Christopher McCoy of Romana Lane, Mary Esther. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation and will release details at the appropriate time. The OCSO received a 9-1-1 call around 9:30 ...
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July 5, 2017 Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. – An explosion occurred at the McKinley Climatic Lab shortly before 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. According to base officials a 1,000 foot cordon was established and the surrounding area was evacuated. The smoke that was visible did not pose a health hazard to the general public. Although base officials did at one ...
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July 4, 2017 A 21 year old Rosemary Beach man lost his life in a fatal accident shortly after midnight Tuesday morning July 4, 2017. According to a Florida Highway Patrol news release, 21 YO Brennen L Johns of Rosemary Beach, FL was operating a black 2014 Honda Civic that was traveling east on US Highway 98 in the outside ...
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Story by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Since 1998, 701 children have died due to heatstroke after being left or trapped in a hot vehicle. Think this tragedy can’t happen to you and your family? Ask Raelyn Balfour. Raelyn had heard about heatstroke’s dangers. Like many of us, she chalked it up to irresponsible parents leaving children behind in vehicles. Then ...
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