Sweet Tea Murders

By Mike Simmons      Marianna, Florida is an old southern town in the middle of the Florida panhandle. It began as a whistle-stop for the railroad but grew into a […]

The Pensacola Police History Society presents: “I’m a Dead Man” a presentation about the link between the JFK assassination and the unsolved murder in Pensacola. The presentation will take place

By Mike Simmons The July 26, 1935 edition of the Pensacola News Journal reported that a coroner’s jury in Jacksonville Florida ordered that 50-year-old Joseph Armitage and 45-year-old Hannah Johnson

by Mike Simmons PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR!!On Monday night, September 9 at 6:00 PM, the Pensacola Police History Society will meet at the Pensacola Police Department Training Room at

By Michael E. Simmons Often in the news we hear how law enforcement officers got it wrong. The media is quick to throw stones at the entire law enforcement profession

The inaugural meeting of the Pensacola Police History Society will be held on Thursday, August 1 at 6:30 PM. The meeting will take place at the Pensacola Police Headquarters, 711

By Mike Simmons I was beaming! Sitting on a hard bench in the desk sergeant’s office, I was waiting to be called in to complete my paperwork to become a

By Mike Simmons Don’t forget…the first meeting of the Pensacola Police Historical Society will be held on Thursday, August 1 at 6:30 PM. The meeting will take place in the

An excerpt from “Pensacola’s Finest: The Story of the men and women of the Pensacola Police Department,” available on Amazon. Rumor has it that he shot a man for snoring

By Mike Simmons…available on Amazon Here’s a glimpse… “Wanna come?” asked Guy to his father when he was home on leave, between assignments in 1905. In the short time he