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Is "He needed killin" a defense?
By Mike Simmons James W. Linton was at his home on Sunday night, August 7, with his wife and adult daughter. Linton, in his 50s, lived in Bluff Springs, Florida, about 10 miles south of the town of Century on Escambia River. The town was at one time a rippin’ and roarin’ place in the 1890s, but a series of murders, including that of town Marshal Daniel Douglas, seemed to discourage more people…
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The Public Servants
By Mike Simmons Pensacola, Florida, August 1, 1999, 9:04 PM When the Pensacola Police Department was notified of a man in his backyard shooting a gun, which threatened his neighbors, they sent officers. The shift commander decided to call out the department’s SWAT team. As in all “shots fired” calls, several officers respond. In addition to Kenny Willis, Stu Melton, E. J.…
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Stopped in Walton County
By Mike Simmons On Tuesday, April 11, 1961, Florida State Trooper Bill McDaniel was patrolling along U.S. Highway 90 near Boy Scout Road in Walton County when he noticed a green and white Dodge weaving down the road about 1:30 PM. He turned on his blue light and pulled the car over (https://www.newspapers.com/image/264080053/?terms=%22Adrill%20Strickland%22). When Trooper McDaniel asked the…
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A Little Extra Money on the Side
Sheriff J.C. Van Pelt and County Solicitor Harry Thompson Everyone knew it was coming. The 18th Amendment had been voted into existence, and the Volstead Act became law on January 17, 1920. Most people simply referred to it as “Prohibition.” The new law changed a lot of things that hadn’t been considered before. To enforce the new law that prohibited the production, importation, transportation,…
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End of Watch: The murder of Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy Tony Forgione - July 22, 2008
An excerpt from the book, “Some Gave All,” available on Amazon. By Mike Simmons Anthony Edward “Tony” Forgione was born on August 21, 1974, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. By his high school years, his family had moved to the small beach town of Niceville, Florida in the panhandle. He was a good-looking, popular kid in high school, graduating in 1992. In 1997, he met the lady that he fell in love…
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The Breathalyzer's mark on Pensacola
by Mike Simmons Many people know what an intoxilyzer is. It is the instrument that measures the amount of alcohol a person has on his or her breath. It is often used in cases when someone who is driving a vehicle or boat is suspected of being under the influence. For a police officer to use the intoxilyzer, he or she must complete a training class followed by a test. The first instrument used…
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End of Watch
The murder of Escambia County (FL) deputy Jeremy Cassady End of Watch: July 15, 2025 All he ever wanted to be was a law enforcement officer, just like his father, Henry. On October 29, 2010, Jackie Rosenbloom was at her home in the Northwoods neighborhood with her daughter and grandson when she heard a knock on the door. It was her ex-boyfriend, Philip Monier. When she refused to let him in,…
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Peter Alba
Pensacola’s most colorful mayor By Mike Simmons Vélez-Málaga, Spain is a small town on the southern edge of Spain, about a mile from the Alboran Sea. In the 1700s, it was a beautiful, picturesque, village known for its wine and sugarcane. In 1762, Pedro de Alba and Monica Lopez gave birth to a son, Pedro. Pensacola was a small British village located on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico…
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Pensacola's Escape Artist
Pensacola’s Escape Artist In 1827, the Old Spanish Trail had been around for a long time…since the Spanish were in West Florida in 1559! It was the only road from Pensacola to St. Augustine. Everyone who made the trip took that route – traders, settlers, politicians, and messengers. Colonel Andrew Jackson even took it. It was later lengthened west to New Orleans, and then much later, when…
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Times have changed...
Taken from “A Tradition of Excellence,” available on Amazon. By Mike Simmons Since the beginning of law enforcement, training was handled by the veteran officer training the new guy. It wasn’t until 1974 that the state-mandated law enforcement academy was instituted. Before that, some “police classes” were occasionally held by the Pensacola Police Department, with other agencies attending. In…
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What Were They Thinking?
By Mike Simmons As the old saying goes, “With some criminals, outthinking them isn’t hard; it makes police officers look good!” Such was the case early Monday morning, December 8, 1980. Now, think…1980. The war on drugs didn’t look like it does today. The large-market drug of the day was marijuana. It was so popular that people would risk a lot in order to make a lot. Thirty-six-year-old…
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Gotta Work
By Mike Simmons Everyone who has been a local police officer is probably aware…July 4 is not a day off. There are exceptions, of course, but many officers and police employees find themselves working, usually the fireworks detail. Either they volunteer to work it for overtime pay, or they are “voluntold” to work. Whatever the case, many law enforcement officers don’t enjoy a leisurely day…
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Hoodooing
By Mike Simmons “Some time ago,” said Virginia, pointing toward James Cook’s photo, “that man and a woman friend poisoned my sister, Rosa Lee!” “So you got revenge on him for it?” asked the State Attorney. “No,” said Virginia. “It was self-defense. He came at me with an empty whiskey bottle to beat me over the head. I had to defend myself.” On September 2, 1949, Viginia Sessions faced a…
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An Embarrassing Dilemma
By Mike Simmons Working in the jail is sometimes exciting, sometimes boring, but always interesting. There are many different areas to work. One of the most interesting places is the infirmary. The infirmary is like a medical clinic in jail. So, when inmates have medical, psychological, mental, etc. needs, they are transferred to the infirmary. The officer who works there is required to keep a…
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The Kennedy Assassination
By Mike Simmons Did you know that there is a connection between the JFK assassination and Century, Florida? I will be speaking about it on Tuesday evening, June 17, at 6:00 PM at the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society monthly meeting. For more information, contact their Facebook page at Alger-Sullivan Historical Society. I am looking forward to it!
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Don't miss PPD's own Mike Wood this Monday!
By Mike Simmons “It had been about three minutes since anyone had seen Shakitha – three minutes under water…it didn’t look good. Mike raced to the spot and dove down, looking for the helpless little girl.” Mark your calendars…Monday, June 16 at 5:00 PM, join us for the monthly meeting of the Pensacola Police Historic Society. And…announcing our special guest, Pensacola Police Officer Mike…
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Big Liza
By Mike Simmons The March 7, 1899, edition of the Pensacola News Journal reported that Eliza Paine, known as “Big Liza,” a notorious female hoodlum, who has been a terror to the Pensacola Police for years, took a little too much Mardi Gras Tuesday and went before the municipal court yesterday. Liza whooped her up. She became so violent in the courtroom that she had to be removed and, when…
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