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Arrests Dec 11

December 13th, 2007, 11:03 am by Brady Calhoun

Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on felony charges through 7 a.m. Dec. 11. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted. Addresses are those given by the defendants in court records.

Nathan Carl Adams, 22, 4002 E. 11th St., Panama City, possession of a firearm while committing a felony, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, selling more than 20 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Rhett Wayne Yager, 37, Locust Fork, Ala., burglary, possession of burglary tools, Panama City Beach Police Department.
Justin Randall Cleveland, 23, 2432 Thames Drive, Panama City, possession of Xanax with intent to distribute, possession of less than 20 grams of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance (steroid Dianbol), Springfield Police Department.
Jason D. Whitsett, 22, 1714 Maples Ave., Panama City, possession of crack cocaine, Panama City Police Department.
Joe Clifford Lewis, 19, 5120 Lance St., Parker, dealing in stolen property, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Bryan Keith Jefferson, 49, 5820 Hickory St., Panama City, aggravated battery (domestic violence), Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Edward A. Richardson, 41, transient, burglary of conveyance, Panama City Police Department.
Thomas M. Thames, 21, transient, aggravated battery, criminal mischief, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Fredriquez R. Thornton, 28, 1002 Kruzer Ave., Panama City, possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, driving under the influence, giving a false name to a law enforcement officer, driving while license suspended or revoked with knowledge, unauthorized use of a driver’s license, Panama City Police Department.
Devonte L. Pace, 20, 5818 Butler Drive, Panama City, driving while license suspended or revoked, resisting an officer without violence, failure to register as a convicted felon, possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a church, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
James Francisco Tavano, 46, 226 N. Kimbrel Ave., Callaway, fraudulent use of credit cards, failure to pay fine (driving while license suspended or revoked with knowledge), passing worthless checks, fraudulent use of a credit card, grand theft auto, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Davis A. Deshields, 18, 1914 Frankford Ave., Panama City, burglary, Panama City Police Department.
Joseph Thomas Faulkner, 33, 4632 Brookforest Drive, Panama City, aggravated battery, battery upon a person older than 65, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Gary E. Warnick, 32, 29 E. 10th St., Panama City, armed burglary, criminal mischief felony, Panama City Police Department.
Cathryn Sandra Barrett, 41, 2230 Emory Drive, Panama City, possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Tiffany A. Horne, 33, 22302 U.S. 231, Fountain, forgery, grand theft, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Gregory Lee Pippin Sr., 40, 5860 Joseph Road, Panama City, arson of an occupied dwelling, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Melissa Ann Vanderipe, 47, 4803 Park St., Parker, possession of heroin, possession of crack, possession of paraphernalia, driving with suspended license, Cedar Grove Police Department.
Tracy Lynn Davis, 46, 608 Illinois Ave., Lynn Haven, aggravated assault, Panama City Police Department.

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Things you shouldn’t say to a deputy Part 2

December 11th, 2007, 5:00 pm by Brady Calhoun

Dec. 10: A Panama City man reports that thieves took his white, metal Christmas tree from his front yard. The man has no serial numbers or other information about the tree. There are no suspects or witnesses at this time.

Dec. 10: A 21-year-old and a juvenile were wrasslin’ too close to a Panama City Beach man’s truck and landed on the vehicle, causing a dent. The boys said they caused the damage but did not mean too. The man said he has a $500 deductible. The deputy said he should call his insurance company.

Dec. 10: An intoxicated Panama City Beach woman was loudly searching for a necklace in her front yard. A deputy suggested that she wait until morning.
“Hell no! I’m going to stay here all (expletive) night if I have to,” she replied.
The deputy handcuffed her and took her to the Bay County Jail for detox.

Dec. 10: A Southport woman received a threatening note in her mailbox that stated her dogs would be shot if she did not keep them quiet. The woman told deputies that although she had 12 dogs she was sure none of them was barking. Deputies canvassed the neighborhood but neighbors said they knew of no one nearby who would harm a dog.

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Paco strikes

December 8th, 2007, 3:33 pm by Brady Calhoun

The Blotter is intended to show that there is more to policing than many realize and is based on reports from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Dec. 6:
A deputy had a brief but intense encounter with a dog while investigating drug use in Panama City.
The deputy knocked on a door to ask about a report of teenagers doing drugs in the area. When the homeowner opened her door, four small dogs ran onto the porch. One of them bit the deputy on the back of the leg.
“Oh, they won’t bother you,” the woman said.
The deputy informed her that one of the dogs had already struck.
“Oh, that was probably Paco, he’s like that sometimes,” the woman replied.
The deputy dislodged Paco and the dogs scurried away. However, the woman was not sure when the dogs last had a rabies shot.

Dec. 6:
Deputies arrested an 18-year-old for disturbing the peace.
The Panama City Beach teen was attempting to remove a vehicle that was stuck in the sand. Deputies say they ordered the teen to leave the vehicle and return home twice because it was early in the morning, he was making a lot of noise, and he was intoxicated.
On the third trip to the location, deputies decided that they, and the neighbors, had had enough and they arrested the teen.

Dec. 6:
A woman got into a verbal argument with a security guard at a gated community when the guard informed her that guests cannot bring pets into the upscale neighborhood.
The woman made a U-turn to drive out of the community but hit several light poles on her way out. The security guard said she did not believe the woman did it on purpose but stated that the accident was caused because the woman’s truck was so big and she was angry.

Dec. 6:
A Panama City Beach woman reported that someone entered her condo and stole T-shirts, a dress shirt, a sweater and a set of night clothing.
There was no sign of forced entry into the condo, according to a police.

Dec. 6:
Somebody forgot what Jesus would do.
Two Panama City Beach brothers came home from work and shared an 18-pack of beer.
They also starting swapping thoughts on religion and the discussion turned into a heated argument.
One tried to choke the other over the matter and the victim told deputies he wanted his brother arrested for battery. The assailant was arrested and charged.

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arrests Dec. 7

December 7th, 2007, 3:21 pm by Brady Calhoun

Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on felony charges through 7 a.m. Dec. 6. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted. Addresses are those given by the defendants in court records.

Gina Louise Minton, 43, 4450 Leisure Lake Drive, Chipley, exploitation of the elderly, uttering a forged instrument, forgery, grand theft, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Carolyn Yvette Robinson, 44, 138 N. Comet Ave., Callaway, aggravated battery domestic violence, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Devin L. Demers, 23, 1529 Melissa Road, Southport, grand theft, violation of probation (domestic battery), Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Michael Leshunt King, 29, 1538 Doty Circle, Panama City, aggravated assault, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Vincent Charles Barrile, 36, 112 Fairway Blvd., Panama City Beach, grand theft, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Todd Powell, 34, 106 Amherst Way, Panama City, possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of loritab, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Kelli Jean Steenport, 45, 609 Allen Ave., Panama City, grand theft, fraudulent use of a credit card, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Lonna Darby Griffin, 34, 3438 N.W. 47th Place, Gainesville, grand theft, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, felony fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer, reckless driving, Panama City Police Department.
Jeffrey David Carberry, 45, 808 College Ave., Panama City, aggravated battery, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Latesha Marie Tharpe, 26, 3637 Ormond Ave., Panama City, grand theft, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Ricky Lee Craig, 26, 331 S.E. 74th St., Gainesville, grand theft of a motor vehicle, Panama City Police Department.
Michael Hunter Polk, 20, 746 Cindy Lee Lane, Springfield, dealing in stolen property, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
John David Grubb, 28, 5507 Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, felony battery, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

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Guitar Hero inspires monster riffs, credit card fraud

December 6th, 2007, 11:10 am by Brady Calhoun

Dec. 5: An employee of a local movie rental chain stole a credit card from a customer. He used the credit card to purchase an Xbox 360 and a copy of Guitar Hero 3. When store managers learned of this incident they began an investigation and found that the 24-year-old had stolen $1,800 worth of merchandise from the store. The employee will now face criminal charges.

Dec. 5: A Fountain man heard a loud noise in front of his house and came outside to see an older Ford pick up speeding away. The victim — his mailbox. The man said he knows who did it and wants the suspect charged. The local charge will likely be criminal mischief. It is unclear if the driver will also face federal charges.

Dec. 5: A Panama City Beach couple let an acquaintance borrow their 1997 Mercury, twice. The first time the borrower picked up his girlfriend and returned with the vehicle. The second time he and the girlfriend went to visit his mother and did not return. The couple said the car recently was purchased from a man in Georgia and that the vehicle was not registered to them yet.

Dec. 5: A Panama City Beach man says someone stole a 10×5 foot utility trailer out of his back yard. Neither the man nor his neighbors witnessed the theft. The trailer is valued at $950.

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Half-full or half-empty, beer bottles hurt

December 5th, 2007, 5:38 pm by mcazalas

Dec. 4: Deputies respond to a domestic violence call to find a woman walking away from the area. She gets into the deputy’s car and accompanies him back to the residence, where her husband is found with blood on his head and shoulder. The deputy asks him what happened. “He stated that his wife had struck him in the head with a quart bottle of beer that was half full.” The deputy finds the remnants of the weapon. The wife goes go jail.

Dec. 4: A woman reports that her attempts to be a Good Samaritan with a drunken neighbor led to her becoming a victim of theft. She says a neighbor came by to hang out with her until another neighbor, the one he was looking for, came home. Every one eventually arrives and hangs out at the victim’s house instead. She “said everyone was drinking alcohol, and eventually (the suspect) became intoxicated. She said that he wanted to leave, but she would not allow him due to his level of intoxication.” The man eventually leaves, along with the woman’s cell phone and purse. The woman’s husband calls the cell phone, and the suspect answers, promising to return the phone. He did not. The victim contacted the suspect’s mother, who said she had not seen her son since the day before when he took her vehicle “to go get gas for it.”

Dec. 4: A man reports that he was arguing with his wife when she hit him in the head with her fist and scratched him. Deputies arrive to find the wife “very upset and very intoxicated.” The husband reports his wife becomes combative when drinking, thought he was having an affair, and “started throwing furniture around the house.” She is taken into custody.

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Dude you’re gonna get caught

December 4th, 2007, 4:10 pm by Brady Calhoun

The Blotter is intended to show that there is more to policing than many realize and is based on reports from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.Nov. 28: Dude, you stole a Dell. A local high school reported that a Dell notebook was stolen out of a classroom. The silver machine is valued at $1,800. There are no suspects as of this report but that may change when investigators review the video from that building.

Nov. 28: After an eight-month stay behind bars, a Southport man returned to find that he had been robbed. The man told deputies that his refrigerator, washer and dryer, 16-foot red metallic bass boat, and his furniture (which he said wasn’t worth anything) was stolen. The man also listed the names of the people who stole his property. He would not say how he knew who stole his property while he was in jail. In their report, deputies said the man used to live next to one of the suspects and that the two filed theft reports against one another all the time.

Nov. 28: Not the vacuum cleaner! A man’s ex-roommate came to his apartment to get her stuff. The Panama City man told her to go ahead and get what was hers and leave. She took some of what was his too, he said. The stolen items include a black microwave, pots and pans, glass cookware, a brass flower container and a red vacuum cleaner.

Nov. 29: Look out, that shed is coming right for us! A Fountain man says someone keeps firing bullets at his shed. The windows were busted out during the latest incident. Deputies say the shooting was done by a high-powered rifle. Deputies have no suspects at this time.

Nov. 29: A Fountain man is not being very cooperative with the power company. Company workers discovered the man had broken a seal on the power meter and was stealing power. After workers shut down the power, the man promised to pay a $500 fine, open an account and pay for the power.
He lied.
Instead he broke through the seal again and started stealing power again. Workers discovered the new theft and told the man he would now have to pay two $500 fines plus open an account and pay for power. The man asked the workers for leniency, which they granted, saying he would only have to pay one $500 fine and open an account.
No word on whether he has opened an account.

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Arrests Dec. 4

December 4th, 2007, 2:23 pm by Brady Calhoun

Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on felony charges through 7 a.m. Dec. 3. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted. Addresses are those given by the defendants in court records.

Sharon Scott, 26, 210 N. MacArthur Ave., Panama City, possession of a controlled substance, child abuse, battery (domestic violence), Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Francis E. Scott, 43, 129 Gwyn Drive, Panama City Beach, possession of a controlled substance, child abuse, battery (domestic violence), Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Thomas E. Carr, 40, 140 Sandollar Drive, Panama City Beach, aggravated battery on a pregnant female (domestic violence), Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Elisha J. Reddice, 26, 512 Satsuma Ave., violation of community control (possession of cocaine), Panama City Police Department.
Isaiah E. Roundtree, 41, 1119 Cypress Ave., Panama City, violation of probation (possession of co-caine), Panama City Police Department.
Casandra L. Hale, 50, 5722 State 22, Callaway, sexual battery (domestic violence), Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Davis A. Scott, 44, Chipley, uttering a forged instrument, possession of hydrocodone, possession of drug paraphernalia, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Natalie V. Brown, 18, 3924 Venetian Circle, Panama City, violation of probation (burglary, fraud, grand theft), knowingly driving while license suspended or revoked, Parker Police Department.
Chioneso S. Carter, 32, 2508 Minnesota Ave., Panama City, violation of probation (grand theft auto), Panama City Police Department.
Shronda S. Myers, 34, 322 N. Berthe Ave., Panama City, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a prescription drug without a prescription, Panama City Police Department.
Zanie M. Harris, 34, 4005 W. 24th Court, possession of a prescription drug without a prescription, Panama City Police Department.
Tina M. Ryals, 36, 2715 W. 11th Street, Panama City, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, trespassing, Panama City Police Department.
Verne M. Goins, 41, 318 Placido Place, Panama City Beach, possession of drug paraphernalia, introducing contraband into a detention facility, Panama City Police Department.
Amber F. Bennett, 19, 1414 S. Berthe Ave., Panama City, attempted sale of cocaine, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Larry O. Washington, 36, 1607 ½ E. Seventh Street, Panama City, uttering a forged instrument, Parker Police Department.
Tammy J. Chambers, 36, 1139 Fifth Street, Southport, exploitation of the elderly, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Sharon M. Jenkins, 37, 5006 E. 11th Street, Panama City, possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, uttering a forged instrument (seven counts), Panama City Police Department.
William C. Hinton, 26, 2520 N. Cedar Lane, Cedar Grove, aggravated battery (domestic violence), Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

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The quarter thief and the stranded man

December 1st, 2007, 7:19 pm by Brady Calhoun

The Blotter is intended to show that there is more to policing than many realize and is based on reports from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Nov. 27: A Panama City man invited a woman he barely knew to his home. Some time later, he dropped her off at a drug dealer’s house. The man then discovered that the woman had stolen some of his credit cards. The man informed deputies the woman was a “crack head.” Deputies registered his complaint against the woman and advised him to cancel the stolen credit cards.

Nov. 27: Maybe he likes arcades? Thieves took items from the back of a Panama City man’s truck. The man works in the lawn-care business. The thieves made off with a gas trimmer and a leaf blower valued at about $570. They also took $10 in quarters from his front seat.

Nov. 27: A Lynn Haven man is a victim of a computer crime. Someone changed the password on his account, preventing him from using it. The criminals then sent out e-mails to his contacts saying that he is stranded in Africa and needs them to send money to him quick. The man needed a police report in order to get the e-mail service to change his password back.

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Arrests Nov. 30

November 30th, 2007, 5:44 pm by Brady Calhoun

Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on felony charges through Friday Nov. 30. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted. Addresses are those given by the defendants in court records.

Timothy Russell Ingram, 46, 5501 Pipeline Road, Panama City, grand theft auto, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Samantha Joann Spear, 22, 23326 N. W. County Road, Altha, defrauding an innkeeper, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Lacinda Nichole Bowles, 26, 175 Boca Lagoon Drive, Panama City Beach, failure to appear possession of Hydrocodone/resisting an officer without violence, giving a false name to a law enforcement officer, aggravated batter, stalking, possession a fictitious ID, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Joseph Harold Porter, 21, 1940 Sherman Ave., Cedar Grove, grand theft, dealing in stolen property, Cedar Grove Police Department.

James C. Ward, 41, 202 Country Side Drive, Wewahitchka, grand theft, dealing in stolen property, Cedar Grove Police Department.

Daniel Austin Mumford, 20, 6100 Shannon Circle, Youngstown, grand theft, dealing in stolen property, Cedar Grove Police Department.

William Gregory Wells, 42, 4614 Pinedale Road, Youngstown, grand theft, Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Christopher Alexander Spencer, 23, 229 Nannook Road, Mexico Beach, aggravated batter domestic violence, violation of probation battery, Panama City Police Department.

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Archive for 2007

Arrests Dec 11

Things you shouldn’t say to a deputy Part 2

Paco strikes

arrests Dec. 7

Guitar Hero inspires monster riffs, credit card fraud

Half-full or half-empty, beer bottles hurt

Dude you’re gonna get caught

Arrests Dec. 4

The quarter thief and the stranded man

Arrests Nov. 30

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