Crime Archive

Phone scams are on the rise in the State of Florida. This is according to the Office of Inspector General, which has received reports from residents and former residents since April 4. The Santa Rosa County Clerk’s Office wants to make residents aware of this scam and how it is being perpetrated.

A Gulf Breeze man found himself behind bars after pulling a gun on a civil process server at his home Tuesday, March 12.

A Honduran national, who had been living in Pensacola, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for orchestrating a massive immigration fraud scheme involving over 425 victims nationwide. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama oversaw prosecution for the case.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) officials were at the department’s Pensacola office Tuesday, March 12, to announce the arrests of 12 suspects charged with seducing a minor to engage in sexual conduct, traveling to meet a minor for sexual activity and use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.

A Navarre man is behind bars after he allegedly sexually abused a girl over a period of several years.

Robert Jason Love, 51, of the 2600 block of Salamanca St., is charged with sexual battery on a minor. The arrest report filed by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office indicates abuse took place between 2009 and 2020.

The question of whether Brandon Aydelott, 27, will be released after spending 10 years in Florida State Hospital was not answered when Aydelott went into court Thursday, Jan. 4.

The question of whether Brandon Aydelott, 27, will be released after spending 10 years in Florida State Hospital was not answered when Aydelott went into court Thursday, Jan. 4. With two psychological evaluations ordered, Circuit Judge Clifton Drake rescheduled the hearing to March 26. Those psychological evaluations must be ready by the end of February. The calling of witnesses, including psychologists, is expected to take place at a later date.

Florida Highway Patrol are on the lookout for the driver of a black sedan who’s suspected of a hit-and-run Friday, Dec. 8. The black sedan was being driven down Navarre Parkway in front of Publix (10040 Navarre Parkway) when the driver allegedly struck a pedestrian.

On December 5, 2023, Santa Rosa Circuit Court Judge Clifton Drake sentenced Courtney William Howell to two consecutive life sentences in prison in Florida’s Department of Corrections for two counts of Second Degree Murder. Courtney Howell had previously entered a guilty plea to the charges on September 8, 2023.

The ex-boyfriend of Cassie Carli, the woman who was found in a shallow grave in Springville, Alabama, will have his day in court in January 2024. Marcus Spanevelo, 36, is facing the charge of abuse of a corpse.

Under Alabama law, a person commits the crime of abuse of a corpse if they knowingly treat a human corpse in a way that would “outrage ordinary family sensibilities.” The abuse of a corpse charge carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years if a conviction is obtained.