Panama City Beach officials said Tuesday that they’re determined to see the maximum possible charges brought against 161 people arrested over the weekend, including 78 people from Alabama.
“It’s not over with this group of folks, I can promise you that,” said Mayor Mark Sheldon.“The judge that had the first appearances after this was laying down some pretty good bonds. And our state attorney is going to take a hard-line approach. They may be visitors to Panama City Beach much longer than they thought they would be,” Ford added.
“We saw an influx this weekend obviously of people who were just bad individuals, bottom line,” Sheldon said. “These are criminals who came to our town to be lawless and create havoc. That was their goal, that’s what they wanted to do this weekend.” Ford said that it’s easy to pick up on the fact that people are planning to converge on a specific weekend. It’s hard to predict how many people will show up, or whether they’ll be inclined to lawlessness.
“We felt it was going to be a fairly active situation, but certainly did not expect to arrest 160 people and get 75 guns off the street,” Ford said.
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