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Benjamin Johnson

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Covers:  Crime in the Pensacola, Escambia County and Santa Rosa County area. Local military at NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field Blue Angels

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Benjamin Johnson is a reporter for the Pensacola News Journal, where he has worked since 2022. He covers the local military and crime throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, and he has appeared in an episode of Court TV's “Accomplice to Murder” with Vinnie Politan.

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Pensacola shooting of 7 people was result of 'years-long feud'

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By Benjamin Johnson Verified
| Pensacola News Journal Verified
Pensacola police identified the victim of the July 5 Downtown Pensacola shooting as 19-year-old Phillip Sheppard Jr. Chief Eric Winstrom said all of the individuals who were shot except one have gang connections Police have yet to make an arrest in the shooting that killed one and injured six others "We know that multiple of these individuals have gang connections, (but we're) not prepared to say these are gang members," Winstrom said at the July 6 press conference.
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Here's where-and when-it's legal to shoot fireworks in Pensacola area

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By Benjamin Johnson Verified
| Aol Verified
Think twice before you light those fireworks on this Fourth of July weekend, depending on where you live in Northwest Florida—and when—you could be breaking the law. Even though a 2020 Florida amendment designates July 4 as a "firework holiday," those wishing to launch their own fireworks show in the city limits of Pensacola could end up facing civil fines—or more likely just having their fireworks confiscated.
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Here's where-and when-it's legal to shoot fireworks in Pensacola area

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By Benjamin Johnson Verified
| Pensacola News Journal Verified
Think twice before you light those fireworks on this Fourth of July weekend, depending on where you live in Northwest Florida—and when—you could be breaking the law. Even though a 2020 Florida amendment designates July 4 as a "firework holiday," those wishing to launch their own fireworks show in the city limits of Pensacola could end up facing civil fines—or more likely just having their fireworks confiscated.
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