Escambia Man Sentenced For Selling Drugs From Hotel Room Where His Kids Were Sleeping
January 1, 2019
An Escambia County man that was selling drugs from a Highway 29 motel hotel room has been sentenced to 23 years in state prison.
Tony Kwabena Lovelace must serve 15 years of his sentence as a minimum mandatory.
Lovelace, 39, 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.
File Management: Learn How Manage Files And Folders At Century Library
January 1, 2019
The West Florida Public Library will offer a file management class at the Century Branch Library on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Attendees will lean how to create and organize files and folders. The class will include information on local and cloud-based storage options.
Escambia Man Sentenced To 50 Years For Molesting Young Girl
January 1, 2019
An Escambia County man will spend 50 years in state prison for molesting a young girl.
Monday, Christopher David McCumsey was sentenced on two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim less than 12.
Circuit Judge Stephen Pitre sentenced the McCumsey to 25 years state prison as a minimum mandatory sentence to run consecutively for a total of 50 years in state prison followed by lifetime sex offender probation. He was also designated as a sexual predator.
In December of 2017, a 7- year old child disclosed that McCumsey had sexually abused her since May of 2017.