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PANAMA CITY LOCAL | A3 NEW ATTORNEY IN WILSON CASE Local attorney Lisa Anderson has been hired to represent the former prosecutor in criminal case. Tuesday, May 8, 2018 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Details emerge in murder-suicide By Eryn Dion both before turning the gun major and she a sergeant. 747-5069 | @PCNHErynDion on himself. They also owned a business [email protected] The bodies were then dis- together, Chainsaws Corner covered by hotel maintenance Bar in Graceville, according PANAMA CITY BEACH staff Saturday morning, who to Whitman. — A breakup, a series of Face- were alerted by guests reporting Last Wednesday, in a public book posts and a weekend at blood was dripping through the social media post, Amanda Thunder Beach Motorcycle floor and down from the ceiling Stokes stated she and her Rally led up to a bloody mur- in the rooms below, according husband were no longer der-suicide that left three to Panama City Beach Police together, and she proceeded people dead at the Hampton Chief Drew Whitman. to post several photos from Inn and Suites early Saturday According to investiga- Panama City Beach and the morning, according to police. tors, Amanda Stokes and Thunder Beach spring rally. Mark Stokes, 37, of Mark Stokes had recently That same day, Mark Stokes Enterprise, Alabama, alleg- separated, with Mark Stokes publicly posted on Facebook edly entered into the hotel moving out of the family he would be getting “back room his estranged wife, home in Enterprise. The in the saddle” and making Amanda Stokes, 28, was pair were active duty in the the 90-mile ride to Thunder sharing with her friend Ken- Army National Guard and Beach. neth Krause, 30, at 4 a.m., were stationed at Fort Rucker, Hampton Inn and Suites in Panama City Beach. [ZACK MCDONALD/THE shooting and killing them Alabama, where he was a See DETAILS, A4 NEWS HERALD] LOCAL | A3 POLICE BLOTTERS A selection of some of the oddest police reports from around the county this past week. A policeman looks over a motorcycle involved in a wreck late Friday morning on Front Beach Road. The motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. See video from the scene at newsherald.com. [PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD] Entomologist Michael Riles looks over a sample of recently collected mosquitoes Thursday at Beach Mosquito Control District. [PHOTOS BY PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD] More vehicles bring more accidents 5 ways offi cials control to Thunder Beach mosquito populations By Eryn Dion two involving scooters. By Tyra L. Jackson 747-5069 | @PCNHErynDion Last year, Beach Police 850-522-5121 | @TyraJackPCNH [email protected] recorded 41 total crashes, [email protected] 10 with motorcycles and PANAMA CITY BEACH one with a scooter. PANAMA CITY BEACH — — An influx of visitors last The chief said he noticed Temperatures are rising and week brought more traffic more traffic than usual in so, too, is the yearly army of than usual to the spring town for Thunder Beach, blood-sucking mosquitoes. Thunder Beach Motor- which he attributed to “They grow around your cycle Rally and more than visitors coming down to house, in your garage, in twice as many motorcy- enjoy the weather and the buckets and other places,” cle accidents as last year, Gulf and not realizing it said Michael Riles, an ento- according to Panama City was Bike Week. mologist with the Beach Beach Police Chief Drew “We had a lot of motor- Mosquito Control District. Whitman. cycles, but we also had To keep the population of 45 Tallying up the final a lot of other vehicles,” mosquito species that inhabit crash data from the rally, Whitman said. “It was Bay County under control, which wrapped up Sunday, a great weekend. The officials at the Beach Mos- Whitman said his depart- weather was beautiful. quito Control District have Over 20 species of mosquitos are displayed on pins on Thursday at ment responded to 49 A lot of people, not even their own force armed with Beach Mosquito Control District. total crashes, 22 of which a somewhat surprising set of involved motorcycles and See ACCIDENTS, A4 tools. Here are five methods it off for testing to hopefully Clauson called the approach you might not know about: identify any diseases before a “better way” to tackle mos- 1. A coop full of chickens: they impact humans and plan quito management. To identify if local popula- control efforts accordingly. 3. A hungry school of mos- tions of the pest are carrying 2. A former military helicop- quitofish: The organization NATION & WORLD | A10 mosquito-borne diseases, ter: Taking aim from the sky, keeps a pool of mosquitofish such as Zika or malaria, or are Mosquito Control some- — Gambusia affinis — that RUSSIA TO DEVELOP TECH simply annoying, the district times uses an old military have a healthy appetite for uses three coops of chickens helicopter around sunset to mosquito larvae. Clauson Vladimir Putin launches his fourth presidential as guinea pigs. The officials stop mosquitoes with adul- said if there is an area where term with an ambitious call to vault Russia into periodically draw blood sam- ticiding applications to kill the top fi ve global economies. ples from the flock and send the adults. Director James See MOSQUITO, A4 Panama City News Herald Diversions ......................B6 Sports.........................B1-4 TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Want to subscribe? Local & State .............. A3-7 TV grid ......................... B5 Sunlit; nice Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Call 850-747-5050 Obituaries ......................A5 Viewpoints .................... A8 85° / 65° 84° / 66° 84° / 66° * ** A2 Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | The News Herald READER CELEBRATE COMMUNITY TODAY IN HISTORY FEEDBACK Today is Tuesday, May 8, the When Hurricane Opal PICTURE PERFECT 128th day of 2018. There are 237 struck Panama City Beach days left in the year. in 1995, Casto was there sup- We want your photos: Post your photos to the News Herald Facebook page with your name, city of plying the needs of residents. residence and information about the photo. You can email photos to [email protected]. Today’s Highlight in History: “I got my windshield blown On May 8, 1978, David R. out of the vehicle I was driv- Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a ing on Front Beach Road,” he Darla Sapone’s Brooklyn courtroom to murder, said. “For the next two weeks rescue dog attempted murder and assault I drove that vehicle without a Roxanne being a in connection with the “Son of windshield in it because we nosey neighbor. Sam” shootings that claimed were so busy fixing every- [JASON GANUNG/ six lives and terrifi ed New York- thing after the storm.” CONTRIBUTED ers. (Berkowitz was sentenced Jeanette Lunardi: “I PHOTO] to six consecutive life prison remember that day like it terms.) was yesterday.. working at the Navy base and being On this date: essential personnel, I had In 1429, the Siege of Orleans to be one of the last ppl during the Hundred Years’ off the base.. by the time War ended as English troops I got home and we were to withdrew after being defeated evacuate, it took us 8 hrs by French forces under Joan of just to get to Tallahassee... Arc. it devastated the beach.. In 1541, Spanish explorer Thank God they were able Hernando de Soto reached the to rebuild.” Mississippi River. In 1660, the British Parliament Separate wrecks Friday moved to restore the monarchy on Front Beach Road left by declaring that Charles II one motorcyclist dead and had been the country’s lawful two critically injured. king since the execution of his Richard Weber: “It father, Charles I, in 1649. doesn’t take a skilled In 1794, Antoine Lavoisier, the observer to see what father of modern chemistry, these idiots do. They ride was executed on the guillotine like everyone should be during France’s Reign of Terror. looking out for them, all In 1884, the 33rd president of the while they ride like the United States, Harry S. they own PCB and traf- Truman, was born in Lamar, fic rules don’t apply to Missouri. them. Maybe they should In 1921, Sweden’s Parliament take this saying to heart; voted to abolish the death Bikers, look both ways, penalty. cars and trucks are every- GO AND DO In 1945, President Harry S. where, the life you save Truman announced on radio may be your own! Too CHERYL JONES AND JAZZ com or 850-215-2080 Panama City Beach. Meet the that Nazi Germany’s forces had bad they didn’t learn that 1 TRIO: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday author, who will be signing surrendered, and that “the fl ags before they were killed. at The Place Downtown, NORTHWEST FLORIDA and selling her books. of freedom fl y all over Europe.” Terry Terranova said law Panama City. Jones, on piano, 2 FIRST LEGO LEAGUE In 1958, Vice President Richard enforcement just sits by. will be backed by acclaimed JUNIOR EXPO: 9:30 a.m. DEAN JOHANESEN Nixon was shoved, stoned, Well the biker’s hand is bassist Steve Gilmore and Thursday at the Advanced 4 IN CONCERT: 6 p.m. booed and spat upon by anti- on that throttle and if you innovative percussionist Technology Center Room Thursday at the Bay County American protesters in Lima, want to lay blame, blame Charles Pagano. Reserva- 302/303 on the Gulf Coast Public Library, 898 W. 11th Peru. the biker who scoffs at the tions: call Larry or Amy at State College Campus.Hosted St., Panama City. The Friends In 1962, the musical comedy “A law while twisting that 850-784-2106, or Bob at 258- by the Doolittle Institute in Presents Concert Series Funny Thing Happened on the throttle.” 4022; admission is $10 for GJS association with Gulf Coast hosts a live jazz perfor- Way to the Forum” opened on Renae Bishop-Feltman: members and $12 for others.