Walnut Hill Man Jailed After Active Meth Lab Found In Davisville (With Photos)
June 4, 2010
The discovery of a meth lab Thursday night near Davisville landed a Walnut Hill man in jail, facing multiple felony charges.
Scotty Wayne Wiggins, 30, of North Pine Barren Road, was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of a listed chemical and possession of drug paraphernalia. He remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $100,000.
According to Heath Jackson, a narcotics investigator for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received at tip about 7 p.m. Thursday that a meth lab was being operated behind a home on Pine Barren Church Road in Davisville. When Deputy Tod Day investigated the complaint, he found what appeared to be a meth lab in a wooded area behind a home that did not belong to Wiggins.
Jackson and fellow Narcotics Division Investigator Rene Reguindin responded to the scene. They tested the suspected meth, with field tests confirming the illegal substance.
“It was an active lab with no finished product,” Jackson said, pointing at a plastic bottle of liquid. The lab components were removed by a hazardous materials team from Tallahassee.
Pictured top and bottom: Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division Investigators Rene Reguindin (left) and Heath Jackson (right) perform field tests on a suspected active meth lab found Thursday night in Davisville. Pictured inset: Some of the meth ingredients and drug paraphernalia recovered by deputies. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photos, click to enlarge.
Photo Gallery: Northview Honors The Class Of 2010
June 4, 2010
The Northview Class of 2010 held Senior Honors Night at the school Thursday night.
During the honors night, Northview seniors were awarded $688,515 in scholarships.
For a complete NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the event, click here.
The following awards, honors and scholarships were presented:
Athletic Awards
Aimee Clark, Bishop State Community College, $22,000
Amber McMillan, Bishop State Community College, $22,000
Austin Reid, Northwest Florida State College, $ TBA
Atmore Rotary Club Academic All Stars
Kaitlyn Caraway $400
Clinton Davis $400
Mark Shipps, Jr. $400
Kolbi Cobb $300
Bradley Lowery $300
Amber McMillan $300
Barrineau Park Historical Society
Felecia Settle — $500
Escambia River Electric Cooperative
Jessica Bloodsworth — $4,000 ($1000 for 4yrs)
FFA Alumni Scholarship
Micah Byars — $500
First National Bank and Trust
Clinton Davis– Sal. $50 Saving Bond
John E. Frenkel Sr. Educational Grants
Jessica Bloodsworth — $1000
Micah Byars — $1000
Navy League of Pensacola Award
Clinton Davis — $1000
Pensacola Civitan Club
Clinton Davis, Citizen of the Year – gift card
Pensacola Junior College
Principal Scholarship – Felicia Settle — $1600
Minority Scholarship –Angela Knoble-Rodderquez — $1600
2+2 PJC/University of Florida – Micah Byars — $3200
Quint and Rishy Studer Group Scholarship
Jackson Smith — $1000
Russell Stewart Memorial Scholarship
Jessica Bloodsworth — $500
Spirit of the Chief Award
John Sellers — $1000
Amber McMillan — $1000
United Bank of Atmore Award
Kaitlyn Caraway Val. $200 Stock/Money
University of West Florida
Mark Shipps — $17,000
US Army Scholar Athlete
Bradley Lowery — Medal
Candice Greenwell — Medal
USNA/NROTC
Jessica Bloodsworth — $180,000
Jim/Jumi Ross Memorial Scholarship
Clinton Davis — $750
Jessica Bloodsworth — $750
Walnut Hill Ruritan
Micah Byars, Glenn Key Ruritan Award — $500
Gavin Hinote, Walnut Hill Ruritan Service Award — $500
Beta Club
Jessica Bloodsworth
Kaitlyn Caraway
Kolbi Cobb
Clint Davis
Eric Ickeringill
Austin Lowery
Felicia Settle
Jackson Smith
Dakota Stuckey
Heather Ward
Alabama Power Scholarship
Kolbi Cobb — $1250
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Jessica Bloodsworth, Dollars for Scholars Scholarship $1000
American Welding Society Scholarship
Patrick Garrison, George Stone Technical Center — $3500
Auburn University
AU Board of Trustees
Kaitlyn Caraway & Brad Lowery — $1000 each
Harry Haman Annual Scholarship
Kaitlyn Caraway –$ 2500
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Bradley Lowery — $1500
Spirit of Auburn University Scholar
Kaitlyn Caraway & Brad Lowery — $10,000 each
Charles and Alice Mayson Scholarship
Mark Shipp — $12,000
FMS — 4 years, $10,816 each
Jessica Bloodsworth
Cody Parker
Micah Byars
Sarah Roth
Kaitlyn Caraway
John Sellars
Lennie Caum
Felicia Settle
Kolbi Cobb
Chris Sheets
Candice Greenwell
Jackson Smith
Seth Leonard
Heather Ward
Austin Lowery
FAS — 4 years — $16,552 each
Clint Davis
Brad Lowery
Eric Ickeringill
Mark Shipps
GSA — 2 years — $3,496 each
Jacob Garrison
Casey Hare
I.P. Pensacola Employees Scholarship
Clinton Davis — $1000
International Paper Co. Employee Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship
Brittany Pete — $1300
Jacksonville University Academic Scholarship
Jessica Bloodsworth — $52,000 ($13,000/4yrs)
Jefferson Davis Community College Honors Scholarship
Kolbi Cobb – $4,320
National Wildlife Turkey Federation
Kolbi Cobb —$500
Gavin Hinote — $500
Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tuition Assistance Program
Wesley Morris — $30,000
Fred L. McGhee Memorial Indian Descent Scholarship
Heather Ward — $2,000
Take Stock in Children
Jessica Bloodsworth –$10,327 (4 yrs spread)
Tri-City Rotary Club
Felicia Settle — $500
Troy University Millennium Scholars Scholarship
Clinton Davis — $46,000
University of Mobile Center for Performing Arts
Carley Hetrick — $8,000 — $2,000 per yr
**SUBJECT AREA AWARDS**
Agriscience
Micah Byars — Outstanding Student
Art
Parish Kelley — Visual Arts HAA
Mallorie Okahashi—Outstanding Visual Arts Exemplary
Nathan Taylor — Outstanding Visual Arts Exemplary
Band/Chorus/Drama
Kolbi Cobb – Band
Mallory Okahashi – Band
Jackson Smith – Band
Olivia Nolen – Colorguard
Allison Spence – Colorguard
Carley Hetrick – Chorus
Thaddues Jones – Music
Nathan Taylor – Drama
Kayla Dempsey – Drama
Business Technology
Business Education Direct Study –HAA
Alex McDonald
Digital Design 2 – HAA
Olivia Nolen
Digital Design 2 – Outstanding Student
Kassandra Lett
Digital Design 3 – HAA
Alex McDonald
Web Design 3 – HAA
Dylan Stafford
Language Arts
Kaitlyn Caraway — Eng Hon — HAA
Kolbi Cobb — Reg. Eng – - HAA
Seth Leonard — Reg. Eng — Exemplary
Science
Kaitlyn Caraway– HAA Physics Honors
Clint Davis– Exemplary Physics Honors
Eric Ickeringill Most Inproved –Physics Honors
Jackson Smith – HAA Anatomy Honors
Seth Leonard – Exemplary Environmental Science
Spanish
Mark Shipps — HAA
Social Studies
Ashley Bonner — HAA Eco.
Amber McMillian — Exemplary
Technology Education
Jackson Smith – HAA–Construction Tech
Seth Leonard– HAA — Drafting 1
Jonathan Burkett—Drafting 2
Vocational Award
Bradley Griener
Yearbook Editor
Kaitlyn Caraway
Clint Davis
Dakota Stuckey
*HAA = Highest Academic Average
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
87-Year Old Caught On Tape Selling Crack Cocaine Pleads Not Guilty
June 3, 2010
An 87-year old woman allegedly caught on video selling crack cocaine to undercover officers pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in Escambia County Circuit Court.
Ola Mae Agee, 87, of Pensacola, was charged by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office with one felony count of selling cocaine. Appearing before Circuit Court Judge Nickolas Geeker Thursday morning, Agee entered her not guilty plea.
“During the investigation suspect Ola Mae Agee was captured on video selling crack cocaine to undercover deputies. This sale and other narcotic sales at the residence led to a search warrant being executed at Agee’s residence today,” according to a statement released at the time of Agee’s arrest by Sgt. Ted Roy, spokesperson for the Escambia Sheriff’s Office.
An undercover video shows Agee selling a $20 piece of crack cocaine inside her house to an undercover deputy.
Agee was allowed to turnherself in on the outstanding drug warrant and was released on her own recognizance. She remains out of jail.
In 1996, Agee was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to forfeit $1,971 seized at the time of her arrest for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver and resisting arrest with violence. In 1999, she once again faced charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
Ronald Newton Arrested Again — His 14th Arrest In About A Year
June 3, 2010
Just five days after an Escambia County judge refused the state’s request to revoke his bond, Ronald Newton of Century was arrested again Wednesday night. It was the 14th arrest for Newton in just over a year and his fourth arrest in the past month.
Newton, 49, was taken into custody without incident about 10:30 p.m. on Blackmon Street in Century and charged with aggravated stalking, and contempt of court for violating a domestic violence restraining order. His bond was set at $6,000.
Prior to Wednesday night, his most recent arrest was Saturday night, May 29 on Zion Street. Deputies responded to a report that Newton had threatened to shoot someone. He did not produce a weapon during the incident. He was taken into custody on an outstanding trespassing warrant stemming from an incident a few days prior when was allegedly at an address from which he had been banned. Newton was scheduled to be in court Thursday morning to be arraigned on that charge.
The day prior, May 28, the State Attorney’s office requested that Judge Kenneth Williams revoke bond for Newton on a contempt of court charge for allegedly violating a domestic violence restraining order on May 19. Williams denied that motion and allowed Newton to be released on $2,000 bond.
Williams gave Newton one week — until June 4 — t0 obtain a GPS monitor that would alert the victim if Newton approached.
Escambia County court and jail records show the following arrests and charges for Newton:
April 11, 2007
- trespassing, charges dropped
August 14, 2007
- simple assault — 60 days in jail
- aggravated assault with deadly weapon — charges dropped
- criminal mischief under $1,000 — charges dropped
April 28, 2008
- driving while license suspended, first offense – charges dropped
- open container in vehicle – paid $123.50 fine
- expired registration – paid $73.50 fine
May 31, 2009
- battery — charges dropped
- criminal mischief — charges dropped
July 29, 2009
- driving while license suspended, second offense — fined $500, suspended 11 months, 30 days in jail
January 8, 2009
- battery — charges dropped, defendant “mentally defective”
September 1, 2009
- indecent exposure in public — dismissed due to incompetence
- lewd lascivious behavior victim under 18 — no action by prosecutor
- lewd lascivious behavior victim under 18 — no action by prosecutor
November 23, 2009
- criminal mischief under $1,000 — dismissed
January 1, 2010
- disorderly conduct — charges dropped
February 1, 2010
- battery — dismissed
March 23, 2010
- trespassing, case pending, pleaded not guilty, released on $500 bond
- disorderly conduct, case pending, pleaded not guilty, released on $500 bond
April 27, 2010
- trespassing, case pending, pleaded not guilty, released on $500 bond
- criminal mischief over $1,000 — case pending, released on $2,500 bond, pleaded not guilty
April 8, 2010
- littering under 15 pounds, fine and costs of $135 remains unpaid
May 7, 2010
- aggravated assault — case pending, released on $5,000 bond
May 19, 2010
- contempt of court
- criminal mischief
May 29, 2010
- trespassing
Woman Arrested After Pulling Drugs Out Of Her Underwear
June 3, 2010
A Century woman arrested after pulling baggies of drugs out of her underwear is free on bond.
Kristin Sharee Redmon, 26, of Jefferson Avenue, Century, was charged with possession of a synthetic narcotic, drug possession and marijuana possession. She was released from the Escambia County Jail on $4,500 bond.
While Deputy Scott Mashburn was patrolling Cottage Street in Century Sunday afternoon, he spotted a white GMC Yukon with Alabama plates stopped in the road in front of a trailer park at 9520 Ivy Street. A male exited the Yukon and walked into the trailer park. Mashburn followed the vehicle to a nearby store parking lot. He pulled in behind the vehicle without his blue lights on.
While speaking with Redmon, she told Mashburn that “she knew what I was about to do, then admitted that she was in possession of Lortab which was in her purse,” according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. She also told the deputy that she had a plastic bag of marijuana in her crotch and another baggie in her bra. She removed those items from her person, along with a plastic bag with five Xanax from her bra, according to the arrest report.
When Deputy Steve Kay search Redmon’s purse, he located 17 Lortab pills and what he identified as a marijuana grinder that contained marijuana residue, the report stated.
During an interview at the Escambia County Jail, Redmon told Mashburn that she does not take Lortab, but only sells the pills, according to the report. She admitted to smoking marijuana prior to her arrest, and admitted to concealing the drugs in her bra and crotch when she spotted the deputy, the report states.
Deputies Seek Help In Solving $22,000 Tire Theft Case
June 3, 2010
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating the persons responsible for stealing $22,000 worth of truck tires from an Atmore business.
The theft of 200 commercial truck tires was reported May 19 at GCR Tires on Highway 21. A hole had been cut in the fence surrounding the business. Evidence recovered at the scene by the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office led investigators to obtain photos from an undisclosed location of the possible suspects.
“One or more of the suspects may be from the area,” Investigator Bruce Shue said. “They left the location in a green Dodge pickup.” The truck may have damage to the front bumper.”
Anyone with any information is asked to call Investigator Shue or Lt. Greg Forbes at (251) 368-4779.
Pictured above: Multiple views of three suspects wanted in connection with the theft of $22,000 worth of tires from an Atmore business. Pictured below: The suspects are believed to have used this truck. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Farm Bureau Seeks Veto Overrides on Ag Bills
June 3, 2010
The Florida Farm Bureau on Wednesday asked House and Senate leaders to override vetoes by Gov. Charlie Crist of two ag-related bills.
The first (HB 981) would have let large property owners keep agricultural tax breaks while trying to sell their property for potential non-agricultural uses. The legislation may have affected some ongoing legal cases, and was opposed by some of the state’s property appraisers.
In his veto message, Crist said he was concerned “about making it easier for developers to take advantage of a program intended to protect Florida farmers from facing financial pressures to sell their land.” The farm lobby says that’s not an issue.
The second bill (HB 7103) would have, among other things, kept local governments from levying fees on ag land already regulated by the state. Crist vetoed both measures last month.
House Speaker LarryCretul, R-Ocala, speaking at a Marion County Farm Bureau event on Wednesday said he was puzzled why Crist vetoed the measures, which both passed overwhelmingly, but couldn’t predict whether the House could get a two-thirds vote to override Crist.
“But I know it’s enough of a concern that people are looking at it, and talking about it,” Cretul told Southeast AgNet. The Legislature hasn’t overridden a veto since 1998 when it overturned vetoes of abortion legislation by then-Gov. Lawton Chiles.
Wildcats Have Tri-County Little League’s Only Undefeated Season
June 3, 2010
The Fidelis Lady Wildcats Minor League Softball team finished the Tri-County Little League season undefeated — the only Tri-County Little League team in either baseball or softball to go undefeated this season.
The Wildcats are managed by Jimbo Lewis and coached by Ricky Tagert. The team was sponsored by Siwicki Plumbing.
Pictured: Members of the undefeated Tri-County Little League Fidelis Lady Wildcats (front, L-R) Jorja Agrait, Jocelyn Wells, (middle row) Kennedy Cato, Hannah Vaughn, Olivia Cook, Cotton Malone, (back r0w) Manager JimboLewis, Kameryn Lewis, Carissa Mulford, Megan Mulford, Harley Tagert and Coach Ricky Tagert. Photo courtesy Distinctively De Photography for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Escambia Foreclosure Auctions Moving Online
June 3, 2010
With 2,837 foreclosures filed in 2009, the Escambia County Clerk and Comptroller’s office launched their new online foreclosure sale website, www.escambia.realforeclose.com. Escambia’s online foreclosure sale is designed to ensure fairness and increase the number of potential buyers for each property, thereby benefitting bidders and property owners alike. Florida Statutes changed in July of 2008 to allow electronic foreclosure sales.
Live foreclosure sales that are currently held at the M. C. Blanchard Judicial Center courthouse in Pensacola will immediately switch to the online system on Monday, June 14, 2010. Free Bidder Training sessions will be held on the second floor of the M. C. Blanchard Judicial Center courthouse in Pensacola on Monday June 7th and Tuesday June 8th. Interested parties may register for training with Realauction in advance by calling (877) 361-7325. Also, webinar classes covering the use of the new auction site software are also available.
Providing the software, hosting the website, and providing customer service is Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Realauction.com. The intuitive website will allow a person to make deposits, place bids, monitor auction activity, and pay for their winning bids, all from the convenience of their home, office, or mobile laptop. Also, due to the auction-style format, the Escambia County foreclosure site allows a person to be in more than one place at a time by offering a “proxy bidding” process. Bidders must register in advance for this service.
Lloyd McClendon, whose Realauction.com works with fifteen other Florida Clerks for online foreclosure auctions, including Bay, Okaloosa and Walton, said the software will provide ease-of-use, allowing individuals to register, review property data, and enter bids at any time until the auction ends. Once the auction closes, payment is accepted by electronic wire transfer or Certified Funds directly to the Clerk of the Court.
“The site is very simple to use even to those that have limited computer experience,” said McClendon. “Prospective bidders are provided with tools such as links to the Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, and Official Records which will assist them in their preliminary research. In addition to all of the other benefits of the electronic venue, bids can be placed from the comfort of their homes or offices.”
McClendon said the system also protects bidders from “sniping” or placing last-second bids hoping to beat the clock and win the bid. McClendon said any late bids would add time to the auction, giving bidders more time.
Interested parties are required to register on the website before placing deposits and bids. Registration on the website opened Monday, June 1, 2010. Please review the information regarding auction procedures and be sure to read through the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) before getting started.
For additional information, please visit your Clerk on the internet at escambiaclerk.com or call (850) 595-4130.
Danny Joyner Wins Republican Senate Nod
June 2, 2010
Danny Joyner of Brewton has won the Alabama State Senate District 22 Republican nomination.
The race was too close to call following Tuesday’s primary, but by noon Wednesday, the Alabama Republican Party declared that Joyner beat Jeff Peacock of Atmore. Joyner will face incumbent Democrat Mark Keahey in November.
Joyner received 4,988 votes (51.16%) for the Senate seat; Peacock received 4,761 (48.84%) — a difference of just 227 votes.
“I have just been advised by the Republican Party in Birmingham I have won the nomination for the Alabama Senate here in District 22,” Joyner said as he announced his victory on Facebook late Wednesday morning. “I appreciate all the prayers and hard work ya’ll have given me over the past few months and I look forward to working hard to secure this Senate seat for the citizens of District 22.”