Cantonment Couple Charged After Children Found Living In Squalor
December 22, 2018
A Cantonment couple was arrested after authorities found two children living in squalor.
Camie Denean Linton, 36, and Robert Clinton Wooten, 37, were each charged with two counts of felony child abuse.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded after the Department of Children and Families requested a welfare check due to possible child neglect.
Deputies found “a deplorable residence with black mold on the ceiling and walls,” according to a Sheriff’s Office report. They also found cans of rotting food with insects, floors completely covered with piles of clothing and trash, food containers with flying insects inside, and a syringe in a Styrofoam cup that was covered with spider webs, according to the report. The electricity did not work in parts of the residence.
The children’s grandmother told deputies that the children did not have any food and would beg her to bring them food.
DCF took custody of the children and placed them with another family member.
Linton and Wooten remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $10,000 each.
Cantonment Man Appears On Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
December 22, 2018
A Cantonment man appeared on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” Friday night.
Curt Bell didn’t win the million dollars, instead he won $5,000 after missing the $10,000 question.
“What country’s second-largest city is named for Mount Royal, which sits right smack in the middle that city?” He answered Switzerland, but the correct answer was Canada (the city is Montreal).
Bell is a Flomaton High School graduate and has taught math the school since 2010.
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Kids Receive New Bikes From The Escambia Sheriff’s Office
December 22, 2018
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office presented 30 new bicycles to children Friday.
The recipients were identified by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Students had to know how to ride a bike, have good academic achievements, and good behavior. Thirty children received bicycles and helmets Friday courtesy of Academy Sports.
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Let The Tate Band Do All Of Your Gift Wrapping
December 22, 2018
The Tate Band Showband of the South will be wrapping gifts for donations at Walmart on Highway 29 in Ensley through Christmas Eve. Look for the big white tent near the entrance.
Tate Band Gift Wrap Schedule:
Sunday, Dec. 23rd – 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 24th – 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Pictured. Tate band moms wrapping gifts outside Walmart in Ensley. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Florida Dept. Of Corrections Schedules Holiday Visitations
December 22, 2018
The Florida Department of Corrections will hold visitation for Christmas Day on December 25 and visitation for New Year’s Day on January 1.
Weekend visitation will take place on December 22-23 and December 29-30. Visitation will not be allowed on December 24 or December 31 regardless of state office closures.
Following the holiday season, visitation will resume regular schedule.
Sunny Saturday, High About 60
December 22, 2018
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. South wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Calm wind.
Christmas Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Scott: Escambia Area Creates New Jobs
December 22, 2018
Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that the Pensacola area added 3,600 new private-sector jobs in the past year, making the total number of new private-sector jobs created in Pensacola 25,100 since December 2010. The area’s unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in November, down 0.8 percentage point in the past year. Statewide, Florida businesses created 23,000 new jobs in November bringing the total number of new private-sector jobs created in Florida to 1,673,500 since December 2010.
The industries with the highest growth over the year in the Pensacola area were leisure and hospitality with 1,100 new jobs and government with 1,100 new jobs. In November, Pensacola had 6,219 job openings and of those, 1,810 were for high-skill, high-wage STEM jobs in November.
Florida’s unemployment rate of 3.3 percent represents a drop of 7.5 percentage points since December 2010; this drop is faster than the national decline of 5.6 percentage points.
Richard Thomas “Dick” Mason
December 22, 2018
Richard Thomas “Dick” Mason, 85 of Huxford, AL. passed away December 19, 2018, in Atmore, AL. He was retired from Yale Rubber Company, born in Applegate, Michigan on September 19, 1933 to the late Pierce and Marjorie Aikin Mason. He was a member of Huxford Community of Christ Church.
He is preceded in death by His Parents, His first wife, Dawn Mason and a Brother, Ed Mason.
Survivors are: His wife, Carolyn C. Mason of Huxford, AL. Son: Ron (Denise) Kloosterman of McNinnville, TN Daughter: Tami (David) Smith Century, FL. Step-Children: Ricky (Stephanie) Middleton of Huxford, AL. Pam (Chris) Scheurer of Theodore, AL. Johnny (Ginger) Middleton of Huxford, AL. Barry (Rhonda) Middleton of Bay Minette, AL. One Brother: Doug (Donna) Mason of Michigan. Two Sisters: Pat (Gene) Tank and Peg (Gene) Dorman both of Michigan. Thirteen Grandchildren, Twenty Great-Grandchildren. Several Nieces, Nephews, Family and Friends.
Services will be Saturday December 22, 2018 at 11:30AM from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Seventy Wayne Ellis officiating. Interment will follow in Huxford Community of Christ Cemetery. Pallbearers are: Kent Smith, Kyle Smith, Ron Kloosterman, Ricky Middleton, Johnny Middleton, Travis Middleton and Chase Coleman.
Family will receive friends Saturday December 22, 2018 at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 10:00AM until service time at 11:30AM.
Escambia Man Convicted Of Selling Drugs From Hotel Room Where His Kids Were Sleeping
December 22, 2018
An Escambia County man that was selling drugs from a Highway 29 motel hotel room has been convicted.
Tony Kwabena Lovelace was convicted of one count of trafficking in heroin, possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, one count of possession of cocaine with intent to sell, two counts of child neglect and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
On May 7, 2018, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Investigators served a search warrant at a hotel room at the Luxury Suites on Pensacola Boulevard. An investigation began after information was received that Lovelace was selling heroin from the hotel room. Lovelace, an unknown female, and Lovelace’s two young children were located in the hotel room, along with more than 19 grams of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and over $6,600 in cash.
Lovelace’s two children were asleep in the bed near the controlled substances. Lovelace is a convicted felon and has a criminal history that includes several prior convictions for possession of controlled substances with intent to sell.
Circuit Judge Stephen Pitre scheduled sentencing for December 31, 2018.
Lovelace faces a maximum of seventy years in State Prison. She faces at least a 15 year minimum mandatory (day for day) sentence on the count of trafficking in heroin.
Photo Gallery: Century Christmas Parade
December 21, 2018
The Century Christmas Parade was held Friday morning.
See the entire parade in our NorthEscambia.com photo gallery, click here.
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