Man Charged With Credit Card Fraud, Stealing Water Tank
December 1, 2011
A Flomaton man is facing felony charges after allegedly using his sister-in-law’s debit card without permission and for stealing large watering tank from a field off Highway 168.
Joshua Brian Ellis, 27, was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and petit theft for using his sister-in-law’s debit card. He allegedly withdrew $294 on two different occasions at Pen Air Federal Credit Union and used the card for a $40 purchase at Century Foods.
Surveillance video from Pen Air showed Ellis using the ATM card, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report, leading to the charges. He was not charged with debit card use at Century Foods because no surveillance video was available.
In an unrelated incident, Ellis was charged with felony grand theft for stealing a large stainless steel water tank valued at $400 from a field at Highway 168 and Shaw Road and selling it to Advance Environmental Recycling in Flomaton, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.
Ellis was being held in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $12,500.
One Enters Plea In ‘Anything For A Buck’ Undercover Operation
December 1, 2011
An Escambia County man pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to 24 federal charges stemming from the recent “Anything for a Buck” undercover operation.
Jacobi F. Foster, age 28 of Pensacola, entered the plea on charges that he possessed over 30 firearms, including multiple assault rifles, and sold them to undercover law enforcement. He also pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine to undercover agents four times while selling the firearms.
Because of his felony criminal history, Foster faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Casey Rodgers in February 2012.
Foster was one of 75 Escambia and Santa Rosa county residents arrested during the joint federal and state operation. Undercover agents and investigators purchased 270 firearms, including handguns, rifles, assault rifles and sawed-off shotguns, and more than 2,600 rounds of ammunition. In over 100 individual drug deals, they also obtained illegal drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, heroin, hydrocodone, xanax, and oxycodone.
Elsie Margaret Shiver
December 1, 2011
Elsie Margaret Shiver, 78, went home to her Lord and Savior on November 29, 2011. She was a loving mother, grandmother, nanny and friend. She cherished her family and friends. She will be missed by so many.
She was proceeded in death by her husband, Clarence “J.J.” Shiver, her daughter, Karen Paulette ‘Polly” Finger; her great-granddaughter, Karen Richey Broxson; two brothers, George Carter and Ivan Jackson; and parents, George and Pauline Carter.
She is survived by two sons, Jerry (Anita) Macks, and David “Ray” Macks; niece, Candy Jeffers; great niece and nephew, Brian and Wendy Jeffers; five grandchildren, Felicia (Alex) Amerson, Tiffany Snyder, Kim Broxson, Joshua Macks and Natashia Macks; 12 great-grandchildren, Bill Gilly (Ashley), Dylan, David, and Alexis Amerson, Alkota, Austin, and Shyann Snyder, Matthew and Dustin Broxson, Hunter, Destiny, and Madox Macks; one great-great grandson, Tripp Gilly; and longtime friends, Myra Lee Kelly and Mary (Butch) Moye; and a special friend, James Robinson.
Pallbearers will be grandsons Bill Gilly, David and Dylan Amerson, Alkota and Austin Snyder, Joshua Macks, and Matthew and Dustin Broxson.
Funeral Services will be Friday, December 2, at 11 a.m. at Johnson Quimby Funeral Home in Atmore with Brother Ted Bridges and Brother James Boyd officiating. Burial to follow at Walnut Hill Baptist Church.
Visitation will be Thursday, December 1, from 6-8 p.m. at Johnson Quimby Funeral Home.
Hurricane Season Ends (With Video)
December 1, 2011
The Atlantic hurricane season officially ended at midnight Wednesday. That does not mean that a tropical system is out of the question; there has been a tropical storm recorded every month except February.
The 2011 season was the third most active in recorded history, with 19 named storms — including seven hurricanes. Hurricane Irene caused more than $10 million in damage from the Caribbean to the Bahamas to the northeastern U.S. Along the Gulf Coast, our only taste of tropical weather this season was rain from Tropical Storm Lee.
The following video from NOAA shows the entire 2001 Atlantic hurricane season in just 4.5 minutes.
Example Photo From Northview Game
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