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Press Release
October 26, 2007
Approved by Sheriff Joe Nugent
The Gulf County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting vehicle safety
checkpoints and DUI check points during the months of October and November
2007. The check points will be held throughout the county to include Highway
98 near St. Joe Beach, Highway 98 and Garrison Ave, C-30 Simmons Bayou,
Highway 71 North of White City, Highway 22 and Highway 22A, Highway 71 and
Westarm Creek, Highway 71 Dalkieth Area and Highway 71 near the Calhoun
County Line.
On 10/20/2007 deputies stopped a vehicle for a traffic
violation, one of the occupants John Edwin Brier w/m 36 was found to have a
child support warrant he was placed under arrest.
On 10/20/2007 Debra Myrlene Turner w/f 40 was arrested
on warrants from Bay County for uttering a forged instrument.
On 10/20/2007 a vehicle driven by Eric Kenneth Cady w/m
23 was stopped for erratic driving, Mr. Cady was arrested for reckless
driving, the passenger of the vehicle Brian Alan Britt w/m 23 was arrested
for possession of a controlled substance when a baggie of marijuana fell
from his pants leg while talking to the deputy.
On 10/21/2007 deputies received a call that said Tony
Howard Beck w/m 24 was operating a vehicle on the Doc Whitfield road and
that his license was suspended, they deputy verified the information and
found Beck Driving a truck near the prison, he was stopped and arrested for
DWLSR.
On 10/22/2007 Carolyn Fedd b/f 48 was arrested for
failure to pay child support after posting a $500.00 bond she was released
from jail.
On 10/22/2007 George Stephen Branch w/m 37 was arrested
on a violation of probation warrant the original charge was Felony DWLSR.
On 10/22/2007 Bonnie Francis Duffy w/f 58 was arrested
on three warrant for failure to appear on worthless checks.
During the week of 10/18/2007- 10/25/2007 Gulf County
Dispatchers Handled 362 incidents including 29 calls for Emergency Medical
Services, 3 structure and 1 grass fire. Gulf County Deputies handled 281
incidents including serving 68 civil papers, 31 traffic stops in which 6
citations and 25 warning were issued, 25 calls from citizens with concerns
or questions, 6 thefts, 7 traffic crashes, 6 disturbances, 2 burglaries and
141 miscellaneous calls.
Gulf County Sheriff's Office
1000 Cecil G. Costin Sr. Blvd
Port St. Joe, FL 32456
(850)227-1115 or (850)639-5717
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