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A Marianna man is behind bars in Calhoun County, accused of waving a firearm in a local business.
Harry Franklin Furrow, 65, has been charged with improper exhibition of a dangerous weapon or firearm.
According to a report filed by Altha Police Chief Jimmy Baggett, Furrow allegedly entered the Dollar General Store in Altha on the afternoon of Aug. 7 with a firearm in plain view, strapped to his hip. He reportedly pulled the gun from it’s holster and began waving it around while at the cash register, frightening customers and employees. Witnesses reported he appeared to be intoxicated. He then put the gun back in it’s holster, paid for his items and left.
Furrow was arrested the following day for openly carrying the firearm while at the Altha Diner. A warrant was issued for his arrest for the Dollar General Store incident and he was booked into the Calhoun County Jail Sept. 15.

Walton County authorities are seeking help from neighboring counties in locating missing 16-year-old Dreama Justice, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla.

WCSO deputies received a call Sept. 12 at approximately 9:45 a.m. from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) regarding the possible disappearance of Dreama. Deputies immediately began an investigation and met with Dreama’s friends and family to gather information.

According to statements and information collected by the WCSO, it is possible that Dreama may be traveling to New York. There is no indication or evidence of foul play.

In addition to working with regional law enforcement agencies, the WCSO asks the public for assistance in locating the missing juvenile. Dreama Justice is described as a white female who is 5 feet, 8 inches tall. She weighs approximately 125 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair.

If you have information regarding her whereabouts, you are encouraged to contact the Walton County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 892-8186 or your local law enforcement agency.

An Altha man has been arrested in connection with burglaries of storage units in Marianna.
On September 8, Officers with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation into at least eight storage units that had been burglarized at Arrowhead R.V.
In the course of the Investigation, Andrew Curtis Neel of Altha was developed as a suspect. Contact was made with Andrew Neel and several items were found in Neel’s possession that were stolen from the storage units. Also found to be in Neel’s possession were several stolen items that had been taken in a separate burglary of a storage unit that occurred at a different location.
The stolen property was recovered and Neel was arrested for nine different burglaries, as well as theft. Neel was placed in the Jackson County Jail to await first appearances.

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Two inmates were apprehended shortly after escaping from the Calhoun County Jail in the early morning hours Tuesday.
Christopher Jack Leach and Kristopher Dean Honrine, both 19, have been charged with escape, as well as resisting arrest with violence. Leach is also charged with battery on a law enforcement officer.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, the correctional officer on duty passed out bed linens and locked down the dorm. Around 12:30 a.m., he retrieved his lunch from his vehicle and re-entered the facility, stopping to introduce himself to a new employee in dispatch. About half an hour later, he heard a loud bang on the jail door and an inmate advised Honrine and Leach had escaped. The pair allegedly fled through a back exit.
Law enforcement officers from the CCSO, BPD, and FHP, as well as a K-9 tracking team from Calhoun Correctional Institution, were dispatched to the area. A tip came in that the inmates were at McDonald’s. Capt. Michael Bryant spotted the pair in the lobby of the restaurant. The inmates saw him, then fled out a side door toward Subway.
An off-duty deputy from Franklin County was in the McDonald’s parking lot and alerted authorities to the inmates hiding in the bushes. The pair fled again and Cpl. Eddie Dalton located Leach on Gaskin Street. As Cpl. Dalton ordered Leach to stop running, Leach allegedly headed toward him in an aggressive manner, raised his right hand and swung at Cpl. Dalton’s face with a closed fist. Cpl. Dalton dodged him and took him into custody with Leach hitting and kicking as he was handcuffed.
Sheriff Tatum tracked Honrine beneath the bushes outside Superior Bank. Cpl. Dalton and Trooper Wes Harsey struggled with Honrine briefly as they took him into custody.
The pair were back behind bars by 2 a.m.

A Blountstown couple is behind bars after meth was found in their home.
Frederick Eugene Barfield, 29, and Jessica Dawn Barfield, 27, have each been charged with possession of meth.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Lt. Adam Terry responded to the couple’s 22nd Street home after a Department of Children and Family Services investigator found meth in the house.
The DCF investigator advised she was responding to an abuse report about the couple’s alleged drug use. She said Jessica Barfield admitted to using meth and turned over a clear container of meth from her bathroom. Both Freddie and Jessica allegedly confessed to cooking meth at home in the past, but said they had not cooked any lately.

The Calhoun-Liberty Drug Task Force netted another arrest Tuesday in the war against meth.
Debbie Mayo Kent, 49, has been charged with sale of a controlled substance and possession of listed chemicals.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, a confidential informant alleged Kent was seeking to trade 15 Valium pills for pseudoephedrine to manufacture meth.
Lt. Mark Mallory, Sgt. Todd Wheetley and Lt. Tim Partridge monitored as the source met Kent and made the exchange. Moments later, Kent’s vehicle was stopped by authorities and she was taken into custody. The pseudoephedrine was located in her purse. A straw with meth residue was found in Kent’s vehicle. Kent allegedly admitted she planned to use the pills to make meth.
Kent remains in custody on a $15,000 bond.