Crime Archive

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating a homicide that occurred in the 5000 block of Nowling Drive in Milton.

Documents submitted to a federal court in Alabama last month reveal new details about Marcus Spanevelo’s alleged actions the night of Cassie Carli’s disappearance and the days that followed.

Spanevelo is in federal detention awaiting trial in the Northern District of Alabama on a charge of kidnapping resulting in death.

The mother of Reagan Barber, a 25-year-old woman killed in November, has been arrested on a charge of second-degree murder.

Wendi Danielle Barber, 46, was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail Feb. 13, after a nearly two-and-a-half-month investigation.

After a recent court ruling, William Brandon Aydelott will move to a less restrictive mental health treatment facility in Tallahassee.

This marks the second time in the past two years Aydelott has been moved to a step-down facility. Aydelott was first placed in Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee in 2016, three years after killing his mother, beloved teacher Sharon Aydelott on Christmas Eve 2013.

A Navarre man was arrested Feb. 3 during a targeted narcotics operation in Milton.

Damorian Joseph McCarty, 19, is charged with drug possession, burglary, larceny and damaging property with criminal mischief.

An alleged burglary Friday, Jan. 16, led to the arrest of four people in Milton.
The incident was reported after a neighbor noticed suspicious activity and alerted the homeowner. Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded, and the suspects attempted to flee before being apprehended.

Tuesday night, January 13, 2026, at approximately 7:20 p.m., deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted armed burglary at Navarre Jewelry & Quartz Watch Repair, located at 2282 Highway 87 South.

The Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) has intensified its illegal gambling enforcement efforts, seizing $14,474,336 and 6,725 illegal slot machines from illegal casinos in 2025.

Gabriel Williams, 16, who is charged with first degree premeditated or felony murder with a weapon, has plead not guilty.
Williams, along with a 14-year-old named Kimahri Blevins, are alleged to have killed Danika Troy, 14, in December, luring her into the woods off Kimberly Road in Floridatown.

Navarre Press has learned additional information about the two teens accused in the death of 14-year-old Danika Troy in Floridatown in early December.