Powell Put On Leave In Florida Marine Patrol Probe
Florida Marine Patrol officer Mark Powell of Destin is placed on administrative leave as authorities investigate alleged misconduct in the Pensacola office. Two FMP staffers and one civilian have been arrested in a Justice Department probe into credit card misuse for fuel purchases, joining four other officers already on leave in the Pensacola district.
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Florida Marine Patrol
Mark Powell
Destin
FMP
Pensacola
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Powell
David M. Gay
Irwin “Buddy
Ramsey Drug Trial Set for Monday in Pensacola Court
Destin resident Lee M. Ramsey 59 and two others face a May 6 trial at 9 30 a m in U S District Court Pensacola on cocaine importation and conspiracy charges tied to a townhouse raid last November 22 A linked twin engine Cessna and a fatal cocaine injection death in an Okaloosa Island motel are cited In a separate case Destin resident Marion C Davis and Horace Lee Skip Coburger are charged with filing fictitious income tax returns covering 1978 to 1981 with potential three year prison terms and up to 5000 dollar fines per count
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Lee M. Ramsey
U.S. District Court
Pensacola
Ramsey
Holiday Isle
South Carolina
Okaloosa Island
Eric Winter
Mark A. Bellamy
Richard Harris
Destin Airport
Destin
Okaloosa County
Marion C. Davis
Horace Lee
Skip” Coburger
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Davis and Coburger
Veterans Push For Local Hospital In Okaloosa County
About 500 Panhandle veterans attended a congressional hearing urging a VA hospital in Okaloosa County. Crestview officials pledged land near I-10, while Rep. Hutto opposed buying Providence Hospital in Mobile. Officials cited distance, demographics, and cost, noting a completion window of eight to 12 years if approved.
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Pam Mee
Earl Hutto
Panama City
Bob Sikes
Providence Hospital
Mobile
Okaloosa County
Hutto
Biloxi
MS. Veterans
Panhandle
Subcommittee
Dan Mica
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
of Florida
Bay
Escambia
Okaloosa
Fort Walton Beach
Pensacola
Mica
Florida
West Florida
Veterans
Sikes
Bill W. Peebles Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Florida Panhandle
City Regulation of Docking Facilities Debated at Coastal Committee
Northwest Florida Coast Resource Planning and Management Committee Harbor subcommittee discussed Dock permits and Old Pass Lagoon cleanup. Destin officials affirmed city and state power to regulate docks, stormwater runoff, and zoning. DEA noted four major marinas approved or planned, with three more likely denied for insufficient environmental benefits. Lagoons’ water quality remains below state standards but improvements are uncertain and costly.
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Steve Humphries
Old Pass Lagoon
Northwest
Frances Spence
State Department of Environmental Regulation
Cliff Rohlke
Waterview Towers
Okaloosa
Collier Houston
Rohlke
DEA
Bob Kriegel
Hamilton Kenner
Destin Council to review budget and Harbor Board picks
Destin City Council will preview a proposed budget through September 1985 and name seven people to the Destin Harbor Board. Appointees include Dewey Destin Jr, Richard Duke, Bill Phillips, Ted Shaw, Lloyd Taylor, Jimmy Vaughn, and Danny Woodward. Also on the agenda are Waterview Towers Phase II plans and a Calhoun Drive riprap dock request. Public meeting at 7 p.m. at the Destin Community Center.
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Destin
Destin Harbor
Jack Dorman
Dewey Destin Jr
Richard Duke
Bill Phillips
Ted Shaw
Lloyd Taylor
Jimmy Vaughn
Waterview Towers
Holiday Isle
Charles
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U.S
Roger Vinson
Council
Harbor Board
Danny Woodward
Morgan
Calhoun Drive
Harbor Docks
Highway 98
Finance, Recreation and Environmental Committees
Destin Community Center
China
S.E. Ft. Walton Beach
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