Suspect stole officer’s gun and struck him, then he was shot

PANAMA CITY, FL – The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the suspect involved in the officer-involved shooting Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred at the Gazebo area of the…

38 Arrested in Florida for Preying Upon Children Using Xbox, Instagram and Social Media Accounts

BAY COUNTY, FL – Thirty-eight people were arrested in a week-long online operation in Bay County Florida. Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford announced today the details of Operation Watchdog, a week-long undercover…

Ambulance joy ride lands 51-year-old in jail for Grand Theft Auto

PANAMA CITY, FL – A joyride in an ambulance led to a grand theft auto arrest on Monday afternoon. The Panama City Police Department was notified around 3:30 p.m. Monday regarding the…

New Jersey Fans React: Former TLC personality charged in Florida child molestation case from 2020 trip

Authorities say a years-old allegation involving a child victim surfaced during a recent interview, leading to an arrest and pending extradition. Bay County, FL – A 31-year-old man identified as a former…

Former judge arrested for threatening wife and friend

Former judge arrested for threatening wife and friend PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — John Cris Helton, a former city judge in East Ridge, Tennessee, was arrested on Sept. 28 after allegedly sending…

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Bombing Attempts in D.C. and Texas

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Christopher Rodriguez, 45, of Panama City, Fla., pleaded guilty to charges related to a September 2023 attempted bombing outside the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington,…

Baltimore CBP Intercepts 32-Pound Marijuana Load Destined to London, Passenger Released

BALTIMORE– U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a 32-pound marijuana load that one passenger attempted to smuggle to London from Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on February 25. The passenger,…

Former Leader of the Violent “Clan del Golfo” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges

Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, known by various aliases, including “Otoniel,” pleaded guilty today to running a continuing criminal enterprise—the Colombian paramilitary and multibillion dollar drug organization known as the “Clan del Golfo”…

Drug Trafficker Who Funneled Over $50 Million To Mexican Cartels Slapped With Massive Prison Sentence

Drug Trafficker Who Funneled Over $50 Million To Mexican Cartels Slapped With Massive Prison Sentence Jennie Taer on November 22, 2022 A Chicago-area drug trafficker was sentenced to 30 years in prison…

Montenegrin National Charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with Maritime Narcotrafficking of Over 20 Tons of Cocaine

Seizure of Cocaine from the MSC Gayane at the Port of Philadelphia Was One of the Largest in U.S. History An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Goran Gogic…

The Dickey Foundation Awards Two Grants to Support Florida First Responders

Grants will provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to first responders of Florida Dallas, TX (-) The Dickey Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, awards grants to provide first responders with…

Alabama Man Convicted Of Attempting To Entice A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity And Traveling To Florida To Have Sex With A Minor

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – A federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Jason Earl Kirkland, 44, of Cottonwood, Alabama of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and interstate travel with intent…

Here Are Just Some Of The Uprisings Over Government Incompetence Happening Around The World

Here Are Just Some Of The Uprisings Over Government Incompetence Happening Around The World Micaela Burrow on July 23, 2022 People have risen up throughout the globe over inflation, high costs of…

A New York man was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn, following a three-week trial before U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis, of one count of conspiracy to provide material…

Federal Jury Convicts High Level ISIS Member of Six Counts of Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Including Two Counts Resulting in Death

A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Mirsad Kandic on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and…

Leader of the Violent “Clan del Golfo” Multi-Billion Dollar Drug Trafficking Organization Extradited from Colombia to Face Federal Indictment

Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, known by various aliases including “Otoniel,” was extradited this morning to the United States from Colombia to face charges in the Eastern District of New York of leading…

Statement of U.S. Attorney Breon Peace on United States v. Úsuga David

“Good afternoon, I’m Breon Peace, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Thank you all for being here this afternoon in person and online. With me today are: Anne…

Career Offender Sentenced to 200 Months Imprisonment in SWGA Illegal Drug Market Case

ALBANY, Ga. – The final defendant involved in a high-volume drug trafficking operation was sentenced to federal prison for his crime. Eddie Houston, 43, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced as a career…

Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced to 210 Months’ Imprisonment for Distributing More Than 30,000 Kilograms of Cocaine to The United States

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Carlos Gentil Ordonez Martinez was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Edward R. Korman for conspiracy to internationally distribute cocaine. As…

Surfside Middle School Gun Report was swatting hoax

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL – Police were called to the Surfside Middle School in Panama Beach on Wednesday in reference to a call of a student inside the building with a gun.…

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