Crime Archive

A 28-year-old Navarre man operating under the username “Nick ask Navarre” has been charged with obscene communication to seduce a child and using a two-way device to facilitate a felony.

A 32-year-old Mobile native fled her partner’s home in Navarre March 22 after an argument turned physical toward a child who lives there.

A man caught running down a road in Gulf Breeze shirtless, screaming and making no sense was wrestled into custody by Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office deputies. He was also soaking wet, the report said.

Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office deputies called to Crescent Wood Road in Navarre on March 11 arrived to find four pit bulls and two men on a flat-bed trailer armed with wood boards. One of the dogs was snarling and barking and the men appeared afraid, the deputy noted.

Richard Shearl, a 37-year-old Gulf Breeze man, was charged with resisting an officer, fleeing from an officer and driving under the influence after a deputy following him observed numerous unsafe behaviors.

A man who almost rear-ended a Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office vehicle and then nearly struck it while aggressively passing was charged March 8 with aggravated assault on an officer and resisting an officer.

A dispute over speeding in a Gulf Breeze neighborhood led to the alleged speeder being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.

A 50-year-old Gulf Breeze man was charged with felony assault on a person 65 years or older when he broke through the glass door of a home he shares with an older relative and “got in” her face.