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*[[December 23]] – [[Hugh King]] announces to the [[Greater Union Baptist Church]] congregation that he will step down as pastor to fight felony cocaine charges.
*[[December 21]] – [[Maghen Davala]] and [[Robert Ellingson]] are arrested for allegedly trying to sell their 2-month-old baby in a [[PetSmart]] parking lot for $30.
*[[December 17]] – [[Fred Allen, Sr.]] is found not guilty in the murder of his wife [[Patsy Allen|Patsy]] by reason of insanity.
*[[December 14]] – [[Andrews Institute]] founder [[James Andrews]] agrees to pay $450,000 of a $14.9 million settlement with the federal government on charges of fraud and illegal kickbacks.
*[[December 12]] – The [[I-10 bridge]] over [[Escambia Bay]] is completed and dedicated to deceased engineer [[David Bogan]].
*[[December 6]] - Pace teen [[Joshua Harris]] pleads guilty to DUI-manslaughter, stemming from a [[June 14]], 2007 crash in which Harris caused the deaths of two young women, Shana Marie Sanders, 22, of Pace, and Amanda Pearl Davis, 21, of Milton.
*[[December 3]] - [[Cancun's Mexican Grill]] in [[Gulf Breeze]] is raided by federal agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Agency. The restaurant's owner, [[Rogelio Chavez]], was arrested and is awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute both cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as harboring illegal immigrants.
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