According to the State Attorney’s office, on Sept. 5 Joel Anthony Beauchemin entered a plea to Robbery without a Weapon for 15 years in state prison before Judge Ross Goodman in Santa Rosa County.
Three Fort Walton teens face weapons, grand theft and burglary charges after a string of robberies ending in their arrests near Cayo Grande Apartments in Navarre Tuesday morning, Aug. 23.
The State Attorney’s Office announced that Amber Nicole Cooley, 24, and Kyle Joseph Cooley, 27, were sentenced on Aug. 11 and 12 to 10 years in state prison for charges that arose when a 3- year-old child ingested ingredients used by the couple to manufacture methamphetamine in their home. The 10-year sentence is a minimum mandatory sentence, requiring that the couple serve the entire sentence without receiving gain time.
Tanga J. Tarnower, 73, of Navarre, Florida, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in prison and ordered to pay $132,957.70 in restitution to the Social Security Administration after pleading guilty in April 2016 to theft of government money. The sentence was announced today by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says six “smash and grab” vehicle burglaries took place in South Santa Rosa County between Friday, July 15 and Wednesday, July 20. All burglaries were in parking lots of area businesses. Most of them occurred between 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
In a tragic case of alleged child neglect with great bodily harm, a 3-year-old boy living in the 8000 block of Mercado Street in Navarre has died after spending several hours in a car in the driveway. Montana Rain Jackson, a 19-year-old caregiver to the boy, has been arrested. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says that additional charges are expected.
A Navarre woman was arrested Thursday morning, July 21, in connection with a “selfie war” involving photos of the woman with unconscious patients of Okaloosa County EMS.
In a press release issued by the State Attorney’s Office, Bill Eddins announced that Daniel Ferry Lee, III, 31, of Cantonment entered a plea of guilty to robbery and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement at high speed. He was sentenced to 15 years in state prison as a Prison Releasee Reoffender.
