Snapping turtle relocated from a Panama City restaurant parking lot.
Wed Oct 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM CT · PANAMA CITY · Bay County
Snapping turtle relocated from a Panama City restaurant parking lot. Officers responded to a reported snapping turtle in the parking lot of the Domino’s on West 15th Street on Wednesday afternoon. The turtle was taken into protective custody and moved to a nearby waterway.
Details are preliminary and not yet confirmed by an official release.
What we know
- Reported: Wed Oct 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM CT
- Location: W 15th St area, Panama City
- Community: PANAMA CITY
- Status: Preliminary – not an official report
Confirmed vs. not yet known
| HEARD ON DISPATCH | Officers responded to a reported snapping turtle in the parking lot of the Domino’s on West 15th Street on Wednesday afternoon. The turtle was taken into protective custody and moved to a nearby waterway. |
| PRELIMINARY | This comes from a short radio clip and has not been confirmed by an agency. |
| NOT KNOWN | the turtle’s size |
Dispatch timeline
Officers responded to a reported snapping turtle in the parking lot of a Domino’s restaurant on West 15th Street; the turtle was taken into protective custody and moved to a nearby waterway.
Source: Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch audio, auto-transcribed.
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