Dolphin killer has confessed

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NOAA
Dolphin killer has confessed
Juvenile admitted
shooting animal
with hunting arrow
SPECIAL TO THE
PNJ
A juvenile
confessed to
killing this
dolphin with a
bow and
arrow in
Orange Beach,
Ala.
By Will Isern
wisern@pnj.com
A juvenile has admitted to
killing a dolphin with a bow and
arrow in Orange Beach, Ala., according the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administra-
tion’s Office of Law Enforcement.
NOAA announced in a news
release that it had “positively
identified a juvenile who admitted to shooting a bottlenose dolphin with a hunting arrow in
Florida state waters.”
NOAA did not say whether
the nearly $25,000 reward that
had been offered for information in connection to the case
had been awarded or whether
the juvenile is facing any crimi-
nal charges.
NOAA agents worked with
the Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources, the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Escambia County
Sheriff’s Office. Together,
NOAA said, they obtained written confessions and seized the
bow.
The identity of the underage
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ESCAMBIA
PENSACOLA
Landfill
emission
solutions
sought
KIDS SHOP
WITH COPS,
GIVE CHEER
By Kevin Robinson
krobinson4@pnj.com
Escambia County commissioners have begun discussing
ways to limit potentially hazardous gas emissions at landfills in county landfills such as
the controversial Rolling Hills
landfill in Wedgewood.
Residents of the Wedgewood
community complain that hydrogen sulfide coming from the
nearby landfill has been causing abnormally high rates of
respiratory illness and cancer
in the area. Although the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has confirmed
that high levels of hydrogen sulSee LANDFILL » 4A
POLITICS
Rubio rides
political
wave now
First Bush, then
Cuba on his agenda
By Steve Peoples
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — As the 2016
Republican presidential primary lurched ahead this week,
no party prospect had a ride
quite like Marco Rubio.
The Florida senator’s White
House aspirations took a hit
when Jeb Bush, the state’s former governor and Rubio’s political mentor, announced plans to
“actively explore” a campaign
for president. Rubio was conspicuously quiet as party strategists suggested Bush’s all-butofficial entry jeopardized his
protégé’s presidential future.
Less than 24 hours later,
Rubio was everywhere — seizing the moment presented by
President Barack Obama’s
shock announcement the U.S.
PHOTOS BY BEN TWINGLEY/BTWINGLEY@PNJ.COM
Above: Pensacola Police Officer Randy Richard looks over toy selections withy Cody Rogers, 8, on Friday after shopping with children from
Montclair and O.J. Semmes elementary schools at Target on Bayou Boulevard. Top: Antonio Thompson, 10, shows off Christmas ornaments he
purchased for his mother and teacher. Below: Pensacola Police Officer Caitlyn Grantham looks over selections with Mi-Kuise Robinson.
Uniformed volunteers almost as excited as children during event
By Kevin Robinson
krobinson@pnj.com
Law enforcement officers
were out in full force Friday,
but more than 100 children in
need still made out like bandits.
In two separate events,
uniformed officers from a variety of public service and
military organizations went
Christmas shopping with
kids.
The annual Escambia
County Sheriff’s Office “Shop
with a Cop” event was hosted
Friday afternoon at the WalMart on U.S. 29 near Nine
Mile Road. Deputies and
school resource officers escorted 39 children through
the store while the kids
picked out toys.
The children wandered up
and down aisles looking at
dolls, board games and action
figures, deciding how they
wanted to spend their shopping money. Brothers Adam
and Jacob Pennington, 8 and
7, didn’t waste much time
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