William Johnson

A man who shot at a store employee Tuesday afternoon after they had a disagreement inside the business has been arrested.

William Johnson, 24, of 525 N. DeVilliers St., Pensacola was arrested this morning. He was charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Citgo, 1101 W. Cervantes St.

Detective Pat Bradley said Johnson was inside the business when he got into an argument with a store employee – Ahmad Al Selwadi, 31 – because Al Selwadi refused to allow him to sell drugs on the property.

Johnson then left the business and went across E Street. When Al Selwadi went outside to smoke a cigarette several minutes later, the suspect pulled out a handgun and began firing at him. Al Selwadi ran back inside the store; he told police he heard four to five shots but was not injured.

A warrant was issued for Johnson’s arrest after he was identified during the investigation by members of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Gun Crime Response Team. Bradley is a member of the response team.

WANTED PERSON

Kamarccus L. Webster

D.O.B.: 6/22/92

Race/Sex: Black/Male

Ht/Wt: 6’0”/170 lbs.

Note:  Webster has multiple tattoos visible on his hands and arms.

WARRANT: 

AGGRAV ASSLT-WEAPON (W DEADLY WEAPON WITHOUT INTENT TO KILL) (3 CTS)

AGGRAVATED BATTERY (PERSON USES A DEADY WEAPON) (2 CTS)

POSSESSION OF WEAPON (OR AMMO BY FLA DELINQUENT ADULT FELONY) (1 CT)

Webster has an active warrant in connection with a shooting that occurred August 27 in the area of D and Strong streets in Pensacola.

 Webster should be considered armed and dangerous.

Anyone having information on the subject’s location is asked to contact the Pensacola Police Department at (850) 435-1900 or via Facebook. Tips can also be made to Crime Stoppers at 433-STOP, or you can also text Crime Stoppers by typing the tip in the body of the text after entering 274637 (CRIMES).

Officer Morrison

A law enforcement career that spanned more than two decades ends Friday (Sept. 6) when an officer retires from the Pensacola Police Department.

            Officer Bridgett Morrison, 47, began her career with the department as a cadet on October 12, 1987 and was promoted to police officer on March 5, 1989. She is the first black female officer to retire from the Pensacola Police Department.

            Among her assignments have been Community Relations, Uniform Patrol and a D.A.R.E. Officer for N.B. Cook, Scenic Heights and O.J. Semmes elementary schools.

            Officer Morrison taught the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to thousands of students between 1995 and 2008. The program provides social skills to encourage children to avoide unwise choices regarding drugs and violence.

            A reception for Officer Morrison is planned from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 5) in the department’s training room, 711 N. Hayne St.

         Three Pensacola Police officers were among 35 recent graduates of The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute’s Florida Leadership Academy.

            Lt. Stephen Davis and Sergeants John Austin and Kevin Christman were among representatives from 11 agencies who attended the four-week academy at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

            The goal of the academy is to prepare first-line supervisors in criminal justice organizations to exemplify the character and integrity expected of criminal justice professionals and to examine various components necessary to being an efficient leader.

            Lt. Davis is currently assigned to the department’s Uniform Patrol Division, Sgt. Austin to the department’s Training Unit and Sgt. Christman to the department’s Criminal Investigations Division.

            The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, established within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and affiliated with the state university system, was established in 1990 by the Florida Legislature to address the need for an innovative and multi-faceted approach to the education and training of criminal justice professionals.

WANTED PERSONS

Kamarccus L. Webster

D.O.B.: 6/22/92

Race/Sex: Black/Male

Ht/Wt: 6’0”/170 lbs.

L.K.A.: 1300 W. Cervantes St.

WARRANT: 

AGGRAV ASSLT-WEAPON (W DEADLY WEAPON WITHOUT INTENT TO KILL) (3 CTS)

AGGRAVATED BATTERY (PERSON USES A DEADY WEAPON) (2 CTS)

POSSESSION OF WEAPON (OR AMMO BY FLA DELINQUENT ADULT FELONY) (1 CT)

 Webster has an active warrant in connection with a shooting that occurred August 27 in the D and Strong streets area of Pensacola.  He should be considered armed and dangerous.

Cortez Kwame Johnson

D.O.B.: 8/8/90

Race/Sex: Black/Male

Ht/Wt: 5’11/150 lbs.

L.K.A.:  3009 Torres Ave.

WARRANT: 

COCAINE-TRAFFIC (28 GRAMS LESS THAN 150KG COCAINE OR MIXTURE) (1 CT)

ASSAULT (ON OFFICER FIREFIGHTER EMT ETC) (1 CT)

MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATION (DRIVING WHILE LIC SUSP-HABITUAL OFFENDER)(1 CT)

RESIST OFFICER (OBSTRUCT WO VIOLENCE) (1 CT)

FLEE/ELUDE POLICE (FAIL TO OBEY LEO ORDER TO STOP) (1 CT)

POSSESSION OF WEAPON (OR AMMO BY CONVICTED FLA FELON) (1 CT)

Johnson has an active warrant in connection with an incident that occurred in May in the 2500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.  He should be considered armed and dangerous.

Walter Burket

           A Pensacola man was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges after investigators determined he downloaded sexually explicit pictures and movies of children from the internet onto his computer.

            Walter L. Burket, 68, of 684 72^nd Ave., Pensacola was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of possession with intent to promote child pornography. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail on a $22,000 bond.

            Agents with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force initiated a search warrant at Burket’s residence on September 5 after he was identified via the internet as downloading child pornography.

            Additional charges are pending, and the investigation is continuing to determine if he transmitted files and/or downloaded additional child pornography.

            Members of the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, and Escambia and Walton counties sheriff’s offices assisted the Pensacola Police Department with the investigation.

Tiffany Daniels

             Pensacola Police are continuing their investigation into the disappearance of a woman who hasn’t been seen for almost a month.

            Tiffany Daniels, 25, was last seen Aug. 12 when she left her job early. She is a theater department technician at Pensacola State College. Her 1999 Toyota 4Runner was found Aug. 20 in a parking lot of Park West on PensacolaBeach. Her bicycle and phone were with the vehicle.

            Extensive searches have been conducted in the Fort Pickens area on PensacolaBeach near where her vehicle was found.

            Chief Chip W. Simmons said police are asking the public to contact the department with any information they may have regarding Daniels’ location.

            Daniels is 5 feet 7 with blond hair and blue eyes. She has tattoos of plants growing from seeds on the top of both feet.

            Anyone who may have information on Daniels’ location or her activities before, during or after her disappearance is asked to contact Detective Danny Harnett at 435 – 1979 or the Pensacola Police Department at 435 – 1900.

Tiffany Daniels’ tattoos

WANTED PERSON

Jimmie Barge

A.K.A.:  Patrick Eugene Barge,

James Junior Barge, Charles Davis

D.O.B.: 7/22/67

Race/Sex: Black/Male

Ht/Wt: 5’9”/190 lbs.

L.K.A.: 900 Brookview Cir.

 WARRANT: 

ROBBERY (ROBBERY W/ WEAPON) (1 CTS)

LARCENY (PETIT THEFT 2^ND DEGREE 1^ST OFFENSE) (1 CTS)

Barge has an active warrant in connection with a recent robbery of the Circle K store at 1201 E. Cervantes St.  Barge was armed with a knife during the incident.

Kendall Harmon

Keontre Forbes

           Two males were arrested Thursday after an investigation determined they planned and participated in a home invasion that occurred earlier this week.

            Kendall Harmon, 20, of 5710 W. Jackson St., Pensacola and Keontre Forbes, 16, of Pensacola were each charged with grand theft, grand theft of a firearm and home invasion/robbery with a firearm.

            The incident occurred between 4:45 and 5:10 p.m. Wednesday at 2219 W. LaRua St.

            The victim – Stephanie Murray, 30 – told police Forbes was visiting her and asked for a glass of water. While she went to get it, Forbes let Harmon, who had a handkerchief over his mouth, into the house, said Detective Pat Bradley.

            Harmon then ordered Murray and Forbes onto the floor at gunpoint. Murray said Harmon then ordered her and her dog to go into a bedroom where she locked the door, Bradley said. When she no longer heard the suspects in the house, she exited the bedroom and police were called a short time later.

            Bradley said the suspects took some electronic items and a 9mm handgun. The stolen items have not yet been recovered.

            Multiple jewelry items worth more than $69,000 had been stolen from a residence within an approximate 1 ½ month period.

            Detective Candace Miller was assigned as the lead detective on the grand theft case, and wasted no time in contacting victims, potential witnesses and developing a suspect. She searched pawn records and developed a suspect plus found multiple suspicious transactions.

            She also searched variations of the suspect’s name and found additional suspicious pawn transactions. Armed with all of this information, Detective Miller was able to identify and locate all but three of the stolen jewelry items.

            Within just a few hours, Detective Miller was able to find nearly all the stolen jewelry and had obtained sufficient probable cause to initiate an affidavit on the suspect.

            Because of her outstanding work on this case, Detective Candace Miller was named Officer of the Month for August 2013.

             It started as a traffic stop and ended with a major drug seizure.

            Officer David Huhn stopped the vehicle after seeing the driver commit a traffic violation. While talking with the driver, Officer Huhn detected the odor of fresh marijuana emanating from inside the vehicle.

            Officer Huhn continued his investigation, and found approximately one ounce of high grade hydroponic marijuana. The investigation soon expanded after the driver said he would be willing to talk with narcotics investigators.

            And from there…detectives executed a search warrant on a residence where they seized approximately one pound of marijuana, codeine, suspected hits of LSD, suspected tablets of Ecstasy, a loaded firearm, and over $5,000. The approximate value of drugs seized from the residence was $3,220. Numerous charges were filed on a man who lived at the residence.

            Because of his willingness to take additional investigative steps and for developing a rapport with the driver he initially stopped, Officer David Huhn was named Officer of the Month for September 2013.

Sgt. James Reese

             A badge pinning is scheduled for Wednesday (Sept. 25) for the Pensacola Police Department’s newest sergeant.

            Sgt. James Reese, 43, will be honored during the event in the department’s training room.

            Initially hired by the department as a cadet on December 20, 1999, he was promoted to police officer on May 15, 2001. Among his assignments have been Uniform Patrol, Neighborhood Policing, field training officer, and Criminal Investigations Division.

            His current assignment is a field training officer in the Uniform Patrol Division.

            The badge pinning is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday and is open to the public.

Jason Bergen

             A Cantonment man was arrested around 8 p.m. Tuesday on child pornography charges after investigators determined he had downloaded sexually explicit pictures and movies of children from the internet onto his home computer.

            Jason Scott Bergen, 40, of 806 Chesapeake Trail was charged with six counts of possession of obscene material/child pornography. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail on a $12,000 bond, said Detective Chris Wilkinson.

            Agents with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force initiated a search warrant at Bergen’s residence on Tuesday after he was identified via the internet as downloading child pornography.

             Additional charges are pending, and the investigation is continuing to determine if he transmitted files and/or downloaded additional child pornography, Wilkinson said.

             Task force members from the Office of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Walton County Sheriff’s Department assisted the Pensacola Police Department with the investigation.

WANTED PERSONS

Christopher Sidener

D.O.B.: 12/31/85

Race/Sex: White/Male

Ht/Wt: 6’0”/130 lbs.

L.K.A.: 1220 N. U St.

WARRANT: 

DRUGS-POSSESS (CNTRL SUB W/O PRESCRIPTION) (1 CT)

Sidener has an active warrant in connection with an incident that occurred July 31 in the area of Q Street and Fairfield Drive.  People are encouraged to use caution with regard to Sidener.

Timothy Leon Hills

Timothy Leon Hills

D.O.B.: 12/18/76

Race/Sex: Black/Male

Ht/Wt: 6’5”/200 lbs.

L.K.A.: 1500 W. Hernandez St.

WARRANT: 

POSSESS OF WEAPON (OR AMMO BY CONVICTED FLA FELON) (1 CT)

MARIJUANA POSSESS (NOT MORE THAN 20 GRAMS) (1 CT)

COCAINE-POSSESS (POSSESS COCAINE) (1 CT)

Hills has an active warrant in connection with an incident that occurred February 16, 2011 in the 1500 block of West Hernandez Street.

Calvin Bridges

             A Pensacola man was arrested this morning on child pornography charges after investigators determined he had downloaded sexually explicit pictures and movies of children from the internet onto his home computer.

            Calvin Louis Bridges, 28, of 2126 Schwab Court was charged with 14 counts of possession of obscene material/child pornography. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail on a $28,000 bond, said Detective Chris Wilkinson.

            Bridges was arrested around 9 a.m. at his home after agents with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force initiated a search warrant at his residence today after he was identified via the internet as downloading child pornography.

            Additional charges are possible, and the investigation is continuing to determine if he transmitted files and/or downloaded additional child pornography, Wilkinson said.

            Task force members from the Office of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Walton County Sheriff’s Department assisted the Pensacola Police Department with this investigation.

            A team of assessors from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA) will arrive November 5 to examine all aspects of the Pensacola Police Department’s general orders, policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services, said Chief Chip W. Simmons.

            The Pensacola Police Department has to comply with approximately 260 standards in order to receive accredited status.  Many of the standards are critical to life, health and safety issues.

            As part of the on-site assessment, agency members and the general public are invited to offer comments to the assessment team.  A copy of the standards is available through Capt. Paul Kelly, the department’s Captain of Administration, at 850 – 435 – 1854 or via email at pkelly@cityofpensacola.com.

            For more information regarding CFA or for persons wishing to offer written comments about the Pensacola Police Department’s ability to meet the standards of accreditation, please write: CFA, P.O. Box 1489, Tallahassee, FL  32302, or email info@flaccreditation.org.

            Kelly is the Accreditation Program Manager for the Pensacola Police Department. He said the assessment team is composed of law enforcement practitioners from similar agencies. The assessors will review written materials; interview individuals; and visit offices and other places where compliance can be witnessed.

            The CFA Assessment Team Leader is Master Officer Tammy Farnham of the Stuart Police Department. Other team members are Lieutenant Juan Torres of the Clearwater Police Department and Lieutenant Jerry Warriner of the Altamonte Springs Police Department.

            Once the Commission’s assessors complete their review of the agency, they report back to the full Commission, which will then decide if the agency is to receive accredited status. The Pensacola Police Department’s accreditation is for three years.

            Verification by the team that the department meets the Commission’s standards is part of a voluntary process to gain or maintain accreditation – a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence, Simmons said.

Pensacola Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Wednesday night outside a home in the 3000 block of East Lakeview Avenue.

The incident occurred around 9:15 p.m. as a 58-year-old man was returning home from work. Before the man could get inside, he was shot in the leg by a male who fled the scene on foot. The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

A motive for the incident remains under investigation.

Anyone having information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Candace Miller at 435 – 1976 or the Pensacola Police Department at 435 – 1900.

WANTED PERSON

Shannon Renee Hirman

D.O.B.: 1/28/78

Race/Sex: White/Female

Ht/Wt: 5’3”/120 lbs.

Hair/Eyes:  Brown/Blue

PENSACOLA POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVE WARRANTS

WARRANT 1 (REF PPD OFFENSE 12-11561): 

CHARGES:

LARCENY

(PETIT THEFT 1^ST DEGREE 100 LESS 300 DOLS) (1 CT)

FRAUD-ILLEG USE CREDIT CARDS

(USE MORE 2 TIMES 6MS OBT GDS MNEY 100 DOL MORE) (1 CT)

 WARRANT 2 (REF PPD OFFENSE 13-3813): 

CHARGES:

FRAUD-ILLEG USE CREDIT CARDS

(USE MORE 2 TIMES 6 MS OBT GDS MNEY 100 DOL MORE) (1 CT)

LARCENY

(PETIT THEFT 2^ND DEGREE 1^ST OFFENSE) (1 CT)

LARCENY

(OF CREDIT CARD) (1 CT)

Shannon Hirman has three warrants in connection with incidents of theft/fraud in the Pensacola area.  Two of Hirman’s warrants are active with the Pensacola Police Department.  The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has another unrelated warrant for fraud/larceny for Hirman.

Anyone having information on the subject’s location is asked to contact the Pensacola Police Department at (850) 435-1900 or via Facebook. Tips can also be made to Crime Stoppers at 433-STOP, or you can also text Crime Stoppers by typing the tip in the body of the text after entering 274637 (CRIMES).

              Two Pensacola Police Department K-9 teams brought home major awards from a national K-9 trial last week in St. Charles County, MD.

            Officer Harry Barraclough and his K-9 Uno scored 689 out of a possible 700, making them the second best team in the country. Also, Officer Bruce Harris and his K-9 Apollo earned first place on a four-man regional team representing Florida. Uno and Apollo are both Belgian Malinois.

            The four-day United States Police K – 9 Association National Police Dog I Trial included obedience, agility, evidence search, suspect search, and criminal apprehension events. Seventy-nine K-9 teams participated.

WANTED PERSONS

Kamarccus Jaleel Webster

D.O.B.: 6/22/92

Race/Sex: Black/Male

Ht/Wt: 6’0”/170 lbs.

L.K.A.: 1300 W. Cervantes St.

WARRANT: 

AGGRAV ASSLT-WEAPON (W DEADLY WEAPON WITHOUT INTENT TO KILL) (3 CTS)

AGGRAVATED BATTERY (PERSON USES A DEADY WEAPON) (2 CTS)

POSSESSION OF WEAPON (OR AMMO BY FLA DELINQUENT ADULT FELONY) (1 CT)

Webster has an active warrant in connection with a shooting that occurred August 27 in the area of D and Strong streets in Pensacola.  He should be considered armed and dangerous.

Cortez Johnson

Cortez Kwame Johnson

D.O.B.: 8/8/90

Race/Sex: Black/Male

Ht/Wt: 5’11/150 lbs.

L.K.A.:  3009 Torres Ave.

WARRANT: 

COCAINE-TRAFFIC (28 GRAMS LESS THAN 150KG COCAINE OR MIXTURE) (1 CT)

ASSAULT (ON OFFICER FIREFIGHTER EMT ETC) (1 CT)

MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATION (DRIVING WHILE LIC SUSP-HABITUAL OFFENDER)(1 CT)

RESIST OFFICER (OBSTRUCT WO VIOLENCE) (1 CT)

FLEE/ELUDE POLICE (FAIL TO OBEY LEO ORDER TO STOP) (1 CT)

POSSESSION OF WEAPON (OR AMMO BY CONVICTED FLA FELON) (1 CT)

Johnson has an active warrant in connection with an incident that occurred in May in the 2500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.  He should be considered armed and dangerous.