Crime Archive

A Milton man was arrested after he allegedly impregnated a mentally disabled woman.

Joshua Wayne Pipes, 43, is charged with sexual assault and a sexual offense labeled as incest in his arrest report.

Authorities are investigating the discovery of a deceased man who was found underneath the Garcon Point Bridge on Monday, according to a social media post from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy is under investigation by her own agency after being arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

A Gulf Breeze man was arrested after investigators said he posted a video of himself speeding on TikTok, a social media app.

Derrick Daniel Walker, 18, is charged with dangerous excessive speeding, a moving traffic violation, and two counts of fleeing and eluding police.

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.