FWC Law Enforcement Report
From FWCThis report represents some events the FWC handled Aug. 18-24 in the Northwest Region. (There were no cases reported for Wakulla County.)
BAY COUNTY
• Officers Z. Rice and T. Basford were on patrol in plain clothes at the Panama City Pass. They noticed a diver with no dive flag spearfishing near St. Andrews State Park jetty. The officers identified themselves and stopped the diver. He was issued citations for spearfishing in a closed area and for having no dive flag.
• Officers D. Palmer, Z. Rice, C. Boley, C. Jarrell, and Lieutenant J. Allen received a call about a missing boater on Deer Point Lake. The individual went fishing the evening before and the family had not had any contact with him after dark. The officers searched the lake with their patrol vessels while Aviation Pilot T. Tolbert and Lieutenant Allen searched by air. The boater was located uninjured on the northeast side of the lake by Officers Palmer and Rice. His vessel’s engine had broken down the night before. The officers took him back to the boat ramp to be reunited with his family.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
• Officers Waters and Hahr were patrolling Perdido River Wildlife Management Area and found three groups of recreators using marijuana and methamphetamine. Two people were charged with use of medical marijuana in a public place, one was charged with possession of cannabis, and two men were charged with possession of methamphetamine. One of the subjects was also arrested for two felony warrants.
JACKSON COUNTY
• Officer J. Carr was on patrol at the Chipola River near the mouth of Spring Creek. While conducting a boating safety inspection, he heard screaming and saw three males chasing another male along the shoreline of Spring Creek. Officer Carr immediately went to the location and the three males stated the other male had struck his girlfriend several times. Officer Carr brought the subject on board his vessel and obtained witness accounts of the events. The subject was booked into jail and the case is being reviewed by the State Attorney’s office for possible additional charges.