Thomas E. Matassa, 23, of Gulf Breeze pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Christopher Canova.
Domestic violence, aggravated assault and child neglect are among the charges facing an Alabama man after an altercation at the Navarre Days Inn and Suites.
Two men have been arrested for their involvement in a March 23 Navarre shooting that left a man in stable condition after being shot in the face at his home on Shoreview Court.
A month-long robbery spree that began in Navarre and ran through Santa Rosa and Escambia counties ended in a sentence of 25 years in state prison for Lonnie Locks, 19, after he pleaded guilty March 2 and 3.
A vacation to Gulf Breeze went terribly wrong for a 17 year old boy after a 46 year old woman he and his mother were traveling with forced him to have sex with her in a port-o-potty.
Monica Nicole-Gonzalez Jones was sentenced by Circuit Judge Ross Goodman to a total of 33 years in state prison. Twenty-eight years of that sentence must be served as a minimum mandatory sentence. Jones will be required to serve 28 years day for day with no gain time. Judge Goodman also ordered Jones to pay a $550,000 fine.
Kendra Sue Cohens, 41, of Nina Street in Navarre was arrested Dec. 27, and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Deputies responded to a home in the 2100 block of Nina Street for reports of a cutting. And according to the arrest report, when the deputy entered the home she found Cohens’ mother, age 58, on the kitchen floor with a large amount of blood on the floor beside her head.
