Crime Archive

A Navarre man has been indicted in federal court after he allegedly possessed child pornography.

Christopher Mayer, 32, is facing one count of conspiracy to distribute, receive and possess visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

Becky Jean Lynch, the former bookkeeper at Holley-Navarre Intermediate School alleged to have stolen school funds, was back in a Santa Rosa County courtroom. This time for a different case.

According to the arrest report, a homeless man was arrested after deputies said he was masturbating inside a restroom at the Navarre Neighborhood Walmart.

Dr. Edward Scott Morrison of Pensacola Beach has been indicted on charges related to the alleged illegal distribution and dispensing of controlled substances. According to the Florida Department of Health, Morrison holds staff privileges at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola and Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee.

A Milton man was arrested June 19 for a sex offender violation after he attended a field day event at East Milton Elementary months before.

Robert Eugene McCurdy, 38, of Milton, was arrested June 19 on a sex offender registration violation after allegedly attending a school field day event months earlier, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. Robert Eugene McCurdy, 38, is charged with a sex offender violation.

A Navarre man was arrested on May 14 after a warrant was executed because he allegedly trespassed on a neighbor’s property nude and removed a security camera mounted outside her home.

Kimahri Blevins, 15, and Gabriel Williams, 16, are due back in court this summer.

The pair were charged with first-degree premeditated murder or felony murder for allegedly killing their classmate Danika Troy, 14. The two teens were indicted Dec. 19, 2025.

A Gulf Breeze man was arrested in Foley, Alabama, after authorities said he held a 71-year-old man at gunpoint and forced him to drive to a bank and withdraw money.
Grant Barrett, 42, is charged with kidnapping an adult for ransom and battery.

A former Santa Rosa County District Schools employee is behind bars after allegations surfaced from her time as bookkeeper at Holley-Navarre Intermediate School.

Jodi Russell, a science teacher at Holley-Navarre Middle School, was arrested April 20 following an altercation with her husband.

Russell, 57, is charged with domestic violence battery after she allegedly punched him in the head multiple times.