Escambia Man Gets 60 Years For Stabbing Elderly Woman, Leaving Her For Dead
November 16, 2019
An Escambia County man was sentenced to 60 years in prison followed by a lifetime of probation Friday for brutally attacking an 82-year old woman in Pensacola and leaving her for dead.
In the late hours of June 9, 2018, Owens entered the apartment of the 82-year victim while she was sleeping in a recliner. He immediately slit her throat. When she tried to fight back, he also stabbed her in the back.
He then proceeded to go through her residence, taking multiple items including her phone, purse and money she had collected for her church. When Owens left the residence, he threatened to come back
and kill her if she told anyone.
The victim’s daughter discovered her the next morning, bleeding in her recliner, when she went to pick her up for church.
Law enforcement searched the area and made contact with Owens at an apartment in the same complex. They observed he had scratch marks on his hands, consistent with the victim’s version of events. A search of the residence revealed the victim’s stolen items, including her purse, checkbook and other items. Law Enforcement also located a white undershirt with what appeared to be a blood stain on the front. Both the victim’s and Owen’s DNA was confirmed on the undershirt.
Vernon Tops Northview 43-18
November 16, 2019
The Northview Chiefs saw their championship hopes dashed 43-18 on the road Friday night at the hands of the Vernon Yellow Jackets.
Northview and Vernon last met in the playoff back in 2015 with Vernon winning 8-7.
In Friday night’s matchup, Trent Peebles scored for the Chiefs in the second before adding another 25 yard touchdown in the third. Mark Findley had a 30-yard rushing touchdown for Northview in the fourth.
The Northview Chiefs ended their season at 8-3.
Also Friday night, Baker beat Graceville 35-21. Vernon and Baker advance to the Region 1-1A finals next Friday night.
Photos courtesy Paul Goulding Photography for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
About 5,200 Gallons Of Sewage Spilled In Cantonment
November 16, 2019
A contractor hit an ECUA force main causing a sewage spill on South Highway 97 at Durant Lane in Cantonment Friday.
About 5,200 gallons was spilled, of which 5,000 gallons was recovered by vacuum trucks, according to a notice from the Florida Department of Environmental protection.
For more information, customers may contact ECUA Customer Service at (850) 476-0480 for assistance.
Friday Night’s High School Football Playoff Finals
November 15, 2019
Friday night was the end of the line for the Northview Chiefs and the Pine Forest Eagles. All other North Escambia area teams advanced to the next round of the playoffs.
Here’s a look at Friday night’s high school playoff scores:
FLORIDA
7A
Niceville 47, Fleming Island 28
6A
Escambia 27, Mainland 7
5A
Godby 42, Pine Forest 13
3A
Pensacola Catholic 28, Trinity Catholic 14
1A
Vernon 43, Northview 18
Baker 35, Graceville 21
ALABAMA
3A – Round 2
Flomaton 20, St. James 19
T.R. Miller 21, Montgomery Academy 14
AISA Semifinals Class AA
Escambia Academy 49, Edgewood 7
NorthEscambia.com photo.
Man Dies After Falling Off Roof In Century
November 15, 2019
A man has died after falling off a roof Thursday in Century.
The man in his 50s reportedly fell off a roof on Jackson Street about 12:45 p.m. He was taken by private vehicle to the Century Fire Station on Tedder Road at North Century Boulevard before being transported by Escambia County EMS to the McDavid Fire Station.
He was then airlifted by Lifeflight Helicopter to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola as a trauma alert, according to an Escambia County spokesperson. He later passed away at the hospital.
The man’s name has not been released.
File photo.
A Sweet Treat: Ernest Ward Culinary Students Share Program With School Board
November 15, 2019
Students from the Ernest Ward Middle School Culinary Academy presented to the Escambia County School Board, and left them with a sweet treat, Thursday afternoon.
They described the program to the board and shared a video from last year’s “Cupcake Wars” betweens teams of culinary students. Board members received double chocolate cupcake brownies prepared by eighth grade culinary students.
There are 153 students enrolled in the Ernest Ward Culinary Academy, which is a feeder program for the culinary academy at Northview High School. The academy’s director is Somer Bridges.
Pictured top: Ernest Ward Middle School Culinary Academy students Jackson Bridges, Leila Mason, Sarah Bailey and Allyson Jones. Pictured below: The students explain the program and share brownies with the school board Thursday afternoon. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Nine Mile Bank Robber Captured In Cantonment Gets 15 Years (Exclusive Arrest Photos/Video)
November 15, 2019
A bank robber caught in Cantonment has been sentenced to 15-year in state prison.
Jamil Akil Winns previously entered a plea to robbery without a weapon for the September 20, 2018, robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank on Nine Mile Road. He entered the bank wearing a wig and glasses before passing a written note to a teller demanding money and stating that he had a gun. After receiving money from the first teller, he passed the note to a second teller. He fled in a vehicle after receiving several thousand dollars in cash.
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies caught up with him in the parking lot of A-1 Small Engines on Highway 29 in Cantonment. As seen in these photos and video, Winns was taken into custody without further incident.
Investigators could been seen removing cash from the Winns’ vehicle and placing it into evidence. At least some of the money was visible in the back floorboard of the car.
Winns has a long list of previous convictions, including petit theft, resisting an officer, sale or possession of a controlled substance, two counts of giving a false name to officer and more.
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Pictured: Bank robber Jamil Akil Winns taken into custody at gunpoint at A-1 Small Engines on Highway 29 in Cantonment on September 20, 2018. and the investigation in the A-1 parking lot. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour and others, click to enlarge.
It’s Operation Christmas Child Collection Time At First Baptist Bratt
November 15, 2019
Volunteers will be busy next week at the First Baptist Church of Bratt during “National Collection Week” for Operation Christmas Child. For the 25th year, the simple, gift-filled shoe boxes will bring Christmas joy and evangelistic materials to children in over 130 countries across the world.
National Collection Week for OCC is November 18-25. The First Baptist Church of Bratt is the official drop-off location/OCC Relay Center for the north end of Escambia County, FL.
Pastor Tim Hawsey, Relay Center coordinator, said the shoe boxes are distributed by trained local pastors and volunteers around the world…right where the children live. The children that receive the box are invited to participate in a twelve step bible study called The Greatest Journey translated into their native language and taught by local people the children know.
Collection hours at the First Baptist Church of Bratt will be:
“This is about being a blessing and bringing God’s love and hope to children in poverty around the world that would not receive it otherwise. We have gone through the intense process of been approved as a church to be a Relay Center to collect the boxes from individuals, families, and churches of our area, document and pack them into special cartons and take them to the next level for Samaritan’s Purse, and we have been blessed to do it for 10 years now,” Hawsey said.
Operation Christmas Child boxes should be packed in a specific manner. For more information, call Hawsey at the First Baptist Church of Bratt at (850) 327-6529, visit www.samaritanspurse.org/occ, or call (800) 353-5949. Resources are available for churches that wish to participate.
“If you are not able to pack a box but would like to make a contribution toward a box let me know,” Hawsey said.
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational non-profit organization that has mission’s opportunities all over the world.
Northview Students Register To Vote; Poll Worker Hiring Event Tuesday In Century
November 15, 2019
Thirteen Northview High School students registered to vote during an Escambia County Supervisor of Elections event at Northview High School on Thursday.
The Supervisor of Elections will hold a recruitment event for paid election workers next Tuesday, November 19 from 2:30 until 3:30 p.m. at the Century Branch Library at 7991 North Century Boulevard. Anyone interested that is unable to attend can call (850) 505-3900 or email pollworker@escambiavotes.com.
Pictured: Three of the 13 Northview High students that registered to vote Thursday. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Tate’s Cole Fryman Signs With Samford University
November 15, 2019
Tate High School’s Cole Fryman has signed Thursday to play baseball and continue his academic career with Samford University. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
