Zack McDONALD
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Roaches bring brief closures to eatery
MARIANNA — Live roaches on and around an ice cream machine and ill-kept chicken led to the temporary closure of an area restaurant twice in the past month, according to official reports. In December, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations (DBPR) issued an emergency closure for the Dairy Queen Grill and Chill, State 71 in Marianna. Sanitation and safety specialists… → Read More
New year, new charges: Brawls, batteries mark start of New Year for law enforcement
PANAMA CITY — Several people throughout Bay County decided to ring in the New Year with a tradition common to many celebrations — → Read More
Panama City shooting suspected released from hospital, booked into jail
PANAMA CITY — A suspect in a drug robbery turned shootout has been released from the hospital and is now booked into the Bay County Jail, according → Read More
Panama City Police investigating death after a domestic disturbance
The Panama City Police Department (PCPD) reported by the end of the events Sunday night that a man had been taken in for questioning following the death of 55-year-old Everett Anthony Tate. It does not appear, though, officers filed charges in connection with the case. → Read More
Former payroll specialist pleads guilty to embezzling almost $700K from employer
PANAMA CITY — A former payroll specialist with a Bay County cardiovascular clinic is now facing decades in prison for stealing almost $700,000 from her employer over the course of several years, according to court records.Angela Lynn Manning, 52, pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to five counts of federal wire fraud charges in connection with the case. She manipulated business books at the Cardiovascular… → Read More
Man found strangled at PC rehab center; suspect arrested
PANAMA CITY — One man is dead and another in jail as authorities investigate a murder at the Northwest Florida Life Management Center, → Read More
Man arrested for murder at Panama City rehab center
PANAMA CITY — One man is dead and another in jail as authorities investigate a murder at the Northwest Florida Life Management Center, according to official reports.Brandon Kukowska, 33, of Bay County has been charged with an open count of murder in connection with the death of 60-year-old David Gosset, also of Bay County.Several details of the incident were not immediately available.The Panama… → Read More
Guilty pleas coming in Bay County immigration scheme
PANAMA CITY — Two Bay County residents have agreed to plead guilty to playing a role in a scheme that recruited U.S. citizens to marry Indian foreign nationals in order to skirt immigration laws, according to court records.Krystal Cloud, 40, appeared in federal court Thursday for a hearing in the case. She was charged as an accomplice in the scheme orchestrated by 47-year-old Ravi Babu Kolla… → Read More
Additional charges filed against man, wife in child molestation case
PANAMA CITY — Prosecutors have filed additional charges against a Bay County man accused of sexually abusing a child in his care, according to official reports.Darrell Kevin Cornelius, 49, appeared in court Wednesday again in connection with the case. He was first arrested in March on charges of inappropriately touching the child and then charged again — along with his 44-year-old wife, Holly —… → Read More
Accidental discovery leads to Blountstown man's guilty plea on federal child pornography charges
PANAMA CITY – A Blountstown man is facing decades in federal prison after another man accidentally found a recording of him molesting a 7-year-old girl, according to court records. Bradley Allen Pitts, 26, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of production and possession of child pornography. He was arrested in April 2017 by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office after a man borrowing his car… → Read More
Judge: Teenager fired in self-defense in 2017 Shoppes at Edgewater fatal shooting
Defense attorney's for Tyree Maddox, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, successfully argued the teenager was in fear for his life as 27-year-old Ples Robinson, leaned into his car, blocking the exit, and brandished a firearm. Maddox fired twice at Robinson, striking him at least once before Diontez McCoy allegedly shot and killed Robinson as he lay on the ground, defenseless. → Read More
Rescue Mission fills the need on Christmas Day
PANAMA CITY – A resident of Bay County for more than 35 years, Wayne Snyder watched from afar as Hurricane Michael shredded his home town. → Read More
Cajun Navy turns out to help Project 25 toy drive after Hurricane Michael
PANAMA CITY – An unprecedented storm demanded an unprecedented response.Bicycles, dolls, action figures, board games and a variety of other toys poured into Bay County in the wake of Hurricane Michael to ensure the devastation the county has endured leading up to Christmas wouldn’t further harm local children. It was the largest haul that Project 25 coordinator Becky Johns has seen in the… → Read More
Top Stories of 2018: Armed standoff leaves community, law enforcement shaken
PANAMA CITY — Not even Bay County was spared from the horrors of an active shooter situation this year.The chaotic events unfolded the afternoon of May 22 and were live-streamed online by local media outlets as law enforcement exchanged hundreds of rounds at Briarwood Apartments, 2203 Beck Ave., with a man raining down gunfire from his window. At the end of the hours-long standoff, officers… → Read More
Top Stories of 2018: Gulf of Mexico claims 10 swimmers in record year
With 10 drownings this year in the Gulf of Mexico, including a 7 year old, questions were raised about how the Beach and county were protecting swimmers, and whether more lifeguards were the answer. → Read More
Subject, officer in fatal Springfield officer-involved shooting ID'd
David MacAdams, 56, was fatally shot Thursday night outside his home by Springfield Investigator Robert Gay after approaching the officer with a knife and ignoring commands to drop his weapon. → Read More
Subject, officer in fatal Springfield officer-involved shooting ID'd
SPRINGFIELD — Authorities are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting after a Bay County man approached officers with a knife in hand, according to official reports.David MacAdams, 56, was fatally shot Thursday night outside his home by police. Springfield Police Department reported responding about 9:30 p.m. to a domestic issue at 2720 Altha Ave. when MacAdams approached Springfield… → Read More
Teenager involved in 2017 shooting sentenced to 8 years on narcotics charge, murder charge dismissed
PANAMA CITY — A teenager accused of fatally gunning down a man in a parking lot last Spring Break has had his murder charge dismissed and been → Read More
Former VAC director Vicki Middlemas sentenced to 18 months in prison for fraud
After being found guilty of defrauding the city of Panama City and the federal government, Vicki Dyer Middlemas, 48, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the activities. → Read More
Top Stories of 2018: Former Asst. State Attorney goes from prosecutor to convicted criminal
The case not only drew intrigue and entwined with other high-profile criminal cases, it also changed the landscape of the coming election for the office in 2020. → Read More