Ramsey Gets 30 Years In Prison For Drug Smuggling
Destin resident Lee Ramsey was sentenced by U S District Judge Roger Vinson to 30 years for importing cocaine and conspiring to possess and import cocaine, tied to a November Destin Airport plane seizure. A North Carolina man convicted with Ramsey faces the same charges. Ramsey faces at least one third served before parole in 1995 and a $20 000 fine.
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Destin
Lee Ramsey
Holiday Isle
U.S
Roger Vinson
South America
Ramsey
North Carolina
Ramsey Ramsey
Naval Academy
Navy
Nine Arrested In Drug Sweep In Okaloosa County
A three month drug investigation ended with nine arrests by Okaloosa County deputies and federal agencies. Authorities seized a sizeable amount of cocaine and marijuana, six vehicles, and 37,000 dollars. Destin residents figure among the arrestees. others have limited addresses. Bond amounts ranged up to 100,000 dollars.
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Okaloosa County
Robert S. McDonald
Indian Hills
Randy Ellington
Indian Oaks
Richard Brock
Jeffrey M. Simmon
Bent Arrow
Mike Garcia
Seaview Dr
Mark Quigg
Bowlegs Treasure Found By Pair On Okaloosa Island
An Okaloosa Island man Don Smith aged 26 and 13 year old Mitchell Whittaker of Ocean City found the Billy Bowlegs treasure beneath a dead tree north of the Eglin Officers Beach Club Wednesday shortly after 10 am. Inside the red chest were a color television set a microwave oven and a $750 sailboard.
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Bowlegs
Okaloosa Island
Billy Bowlegs
Eglin Officers Beach Club
Don Smith
Mitchell Whittaker
Ocean City
Destin Plans Zoning Draft Adds 15 Article Frame
City Manager Jack Dorman presented a first draft to the Destin Planning Commission defining four residential, four commercial, two industrial zones and a planned unit development zone. The plan requires five acre minimums for townhouse sites with 1000 square feet of open space per unit and addresses home occupation limits, nuisance controls, and allowed uses in R1 and R2 districts. Dorman urged amendments where needed, noting the draft offers a starting frame of reference.
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Sheryl Gucich
Destin
Dorman
Supreme Court
Commission
Landscape Ordinance Gets Panel s Review
The Planning Commission examined a revised landscape ordinance based on a Leon County model. It would require developers to submit a landscape plan and post bonds, with appeals to the Board of Adjustment. The panel discussed impervious cover limits and drainage, planning to add beach and shoreline provisions at the June 12 meeting.
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Sheryl Gucich
Planning Commission
Leon County
Tom Stoffels
Virginia Aldridge
Commission
Jane Moore
Council
Stoffels
Board of Adjustment
Reg Moore
Landscape Committee
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Gulf Coast
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Mary Esther
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