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🌱 How a Shalimar home search led to a 30-year sentence

Shalimar, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Shalimar home search led to a 30-year sentence

Also on today's calendar: Downtown Music Hall Presents: Family Values....

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid with partial sunshine, with a high of 89 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 77.
  • Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Shalimar man sentenced back to prison for drug trafficking 3 months after release (wkrg.com) — A Shalimar resident has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after deputies found large quantities of cocaine and heroin, cash, and firearms at his Shalimar home in 2020. The multi-agency investigation involved the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, DEA, and local police departments, and followed his earlier release from a prior lengthy drug trafficking sentence.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • This Fox????
    Was on Middle Dr behind Goofy Golf at 10 AM today. It is obviously sick and is also limping. Be careful!!! (Nextdoor Shalimar & More)
  • I really wish the people in Shalimar who are literally watering the sidewalk and the streets on 12th Ave would program those sprinklers to turn off at 4am.
    We walkers and runners would really appreciate it. (Nextdoor Shalimar & More)
  • DRS Technologies posted a job opening for Shipping/Receiving Coordinator- Contract in Fort Walton Beach. Apply here.
  • Aimbridge Hospitality posted a job opening for Hampton Inn Ft Walton Beach - Laundry Attendant in Fort Walton Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shalimar here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fort Walton Beach

  • Fort Walton Beach Chamber to honor Paul Singleton for attending 2,000th event in 50-year streak (getthecoast.com)
  • 418 Westminster Rd, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547 (realtor.com)
  • Fort Walton Beach eyes potential impacts of property tax cuts (weartv.com)

Destin

  • LSU Law faculty, alumni make a splash at LSBA Annual Meeting in Destin (lsu.edu)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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