Apr 3, 2021
Man spits on, kicks and threatens deputy
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.
Apr 2, 2021
Man yells in English that he doesn’t speak English
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.
Mar 27, 2021
Aggressive driver threatens to have dog attack deputy
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.
Mar 25, 2021
Shots fired over speeding dispute
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.
Mar 24, 2021
Intoxicated man breaks into his home, threatens relative
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.
Mar 19, 2021
Suspicious bicycling man found with drugs
A man reported to be bicycling up and down Ortega Street in Navarre at night and peering into car windows was arrested on a felony drug possession charge.
Mar 18, 2021
Walmart employee accused of stealing Lottery tickets, paying only for winners
A 59-year-old Navarre woman was charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing more than $800 in scratch-off Lottery tickets without paying for them. She then scratched off the serial numbers and scanned them to see if they were winning tickets.
Mar 17, 2021
Bouncy house suffers mortal wound
A 44-year-old Navarre woman has been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly stabbing an inflatable bouncy house, causing it not to inflate.