Nov 23, 2017
Facebook boast brings burglary charges
The Club II in Gulf Breeze had unwelcome visitors last month, and Facebook landed two of those alleged intruders behind bars.
Nov 16, 2017
Arrest made in Milton stabbing
A Milton man is facing attempted murder charges after a stabbing Nov. 9 that put two people in the hospital.
Oct 26, 2017
Pounds of drugs, guns, cash seized in Milton bust
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s deputies seized more than $87,000 worth of drugs, cash and weapons Friday morning from a home in Milton and arrested a man, according to a sheriff’s office press release.
Oct 26, 2017
Navarre man gets 30 years for assault, battery, fleeing
After fleeing from police and driving his vehicle into a patrol car a Navarre man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in state prison.
Oct 19, 2017
Teens assault victim with chicken bone
Two teenaged detainees of a juvenile justice facility allegedly assaulted another detainee with a chicken bone and bare fists.
Oct 5, 2017
Santana arrested in Houston
Friday morning at 6:30 a.m. the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s office SWAT, Narcotics Unit and Major Crimes Detectives executed a judge-signed search warrant at 3286 Hwy. 87 in Holley. According to The Republic, a newspaper in Columbus, Indiana, the Bartholomew County Joint Narcotics enforcement team simultaneously served a related warrant at an address in Columbus.
Sep 7, 2017
Third teen arrested in vehicle burglaries
Trent Dumas, age 19, of 7743 Navarre Parkway, was arrested Aug. 31 in connection to the string of vehicle burglaries on unlocked cars in and around Navarre.
Aug 31, 2017
Teacher charged with resisting police officer
A fifth-grade teacher at West Navarre Intermediate School was arrested Aug. 24 on a charge stemming from an incident that took place in February, according to report from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s office.
Aug 24, 2017
Navarre resident arrested on child porn charges
A Navarre man was arrested Friday on 10 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE report).
On Aug. 18, FDLE agents executed a search warrant at the home of Zachary Michael Morales, 31, after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The search and subsequent forensic analysis uncovered images of child pornography on multiple computers, including some images kept in a folder named “school work.”
Morales was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail. He was released on $100,000 bond.
Aug 10, 2017
Milton woman convicted of aggravated manslaughter
Jackie Ellen Passmore of Milton was convicted of aggravated manslaughter of a disabled adult at jury trial in the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County Aug. 3, according to a press release from state attorney Bill Eddins.