{"id":265017,"date":"2026-04-24T22:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265017\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:44:31","slug":"texas-murder-suspect-apprehended-in-panama-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas murder suspect apprehended in Panama City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PANAMA CITY, Fla. (<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mypanhandle.com\/news\/local-news\/bay-county\/panama-city\/texas-murder-suspect-apprehended-in-panama-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:WMBB;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WMBB<\/a>) \u2013 A fugitive wanted for murder in Texas was arrested on Thursday in Panama City.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e7cc55a981fbfd3db233c3e119115fee.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18LVduvUHP\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Panama City Police Department;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Panama City Police Department<\/a>, law enforcement received information regarding Xavier L. Jones, who is wanted in Arlington, Texas, for murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers reported that Jones was quickly located at a family member\u2019s house in Panama City. He was taken into custody without incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jones was transported to the Bay County Jail, where he waits for extradition back to Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mypanhandle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to mypanhandle.com.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to mypanhandle.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) \u2013 A fugitive wanted for murder in Texas was arrested on Thursday in Panama&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,99201,27,99202],"class_list":["post-265017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-panama-city","tag-texas","tag-xavier-l-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}