Press Release
The Office of State Attorney Glenn Hess announced that on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 a Circuit Court Jury in Port St. Joe deliberated approximately thirty minutes before returning a verdict of Guilty as Charged against Ezekial Register III a/k/a as “Trey”. The charge stemmed from an investigation conducted by the Port St. Joe Police Department in response to complaints of drug activity in neighborhoods around some of the local churches. Assistant State Attorney Gary Pack proved that Register sold $40 worth of crack cocaine within 1000 feet of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Port St. Joe on April 26, 2016. Judge Fishel scheduled a sentencing date in February for Register who faces a maximum of thirty years in prison.
Contact Chief Assistant Attorney Larry Basford at (850) 819-6985 for any questions.