Small Craft Strikes and Bridge Incident Reported
On April 4 at 8 20 a.m. a 17 foot boat returned two jet skis adrift in Choctawhatchee Bay owned by Danny Allen of Seaport Center Fort Walton Beach. On April 6 at 3 45 p.m. a 44 foot motor vessel We Done It had a bad fuel pump off El Matador condominium and was towed to Kelly Docks. owner James McGuire of Gulf Breeze. Earlier at 3 15 a.m. a 17 foot craft responded to a possible suicide attempt on Brooks Bridge. a drunken man was talked off and no further help was needed.
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Choctawhatchee Bay
Danny Allen
Seaport Center
Fort Walton Beach
Gulf
el Matador Condominium
Kelly Docks
James McGuire
Gulf Breeze
Brooks Bridge
White-Wilson Medical Center
Coast Guard Rescue Avoids Bay Vessel Groundings
The Coast Guard reported multiple incidents in the bay including the Quies Mystique refloating and escorted to Shalimar Yacht Basin owned by Jim Dor ming Fort Walton Beach, the Ida refloated and towed to Marina Point owned by William Kilpatrick New Orleans, and the Javelin capsizing near Bluewater Bay Marina with owner Ann Andrews Niceville. A 19-foot pleasure craft was overdue and later grounded in the bay after a long search that began near light number 47 and extended into the gulf.
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Shalimar Yacht Basin
Jim Dorming
Fort Walton Beach
Ida
Pass
William Kilpatrick
New Orleans
Marina Point
Bluewater Bay
Ann Andrews
Niceville
Gulf
Crime spree along Highway 98 yields multiple thefts
Rodney Schroeder reported a black brief case with cash and traveler's checks stolen from in front of the Best Western Inn while checking in. Loss estimated at 640 dollars in cash merchandise and 900 dollars in traveler's checks. Other incidents include a Fender guitar and microphone theft from the Destin Holiday Inn lounge valued at 450 dollars, a gas theft at 7 11 with a suspect in his mid-20s, a Crystal Beach beach house break in with 235 dollars damage, and 12 cases of beer plus three cases of Coca Cola stolen from Blue Chip station storage room valued over 140 dollars. Deputy David Bennett and Deputy Joel Adler investigated.
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Rodney Schroeder
Lexington
Okaloosa County
Destin Holiday Inn
7-11
Highway 98
Beach Drive
David Bennett
Crystal Beach
Joel Adler
Blue Chip
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Earl Livesay
Okaloosa
Clean Community System Beach Committee Lean
Ft. Walton Beach
Destin
Destin Chamber of Commerce
Bill Kane
THE
First National Bank OF Destin
Destin, Florida
Destin - 1000
Airport Road
Florida
Thomas Simpson
John Maxwell
Opal
Oyea
Pdea
Nfereield Beach
Cali
Erie Deerfield Beach
AL Owing
Owing Rock
Timberpeg
Gulfport Timberpeg, Inc
W. 30Th Court
Panama City
Wan
Feek
Greenfields
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