A jury in Santa Rosa County deliberated for about an hour May 1 before finding 44-year-old Lee Calvin Pardue of Pensacola guilty on 33 counts of child-sex related offenses.
A Navarre man accused of making death threats against his neighbor and firing a gun into the neighbor’s home is scheduled for felony arraignment May 8. According to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office report, 49-year-old Jeffrey Denver Campbell was arrested April 14 and initially charged with aggravated stalking, a third degree felony.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) – A South Florida woman is facing felony charges after allegedly using a romantic getaway as a pretense to scam an elderly man out of thousands of dollars.
A 36-year-old woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by 15 years of sex offender probation for having sex with a 14-year-old boy in Navarre in 2013. Santa Rosa Circuit Judge John Simon sentenced Susanne Daubert Rheam of Pensacola April 16.
A local woman, 41-year-old Toni Phelps, was sentenced April 16 to 12 months behind bars and 10 years probation for crimes resulting in the death of three dogs and three cats in her Navarre home in 2012. According to State Attorney Bill Eddins, Phelps entered a plea Feb. 17, 2014, to six counts of Animal Cruelty, six counts of Depriving an Animal of Food or Water and Public Nuisance.
Santa Rosa Circuit Court Judge John L. Miller April 15 sentenced 29-year-old Devon Deshane Washington of Milton to 20 years in prison from charges stemming from a June 2013 burglary.
Circuit Judge John Simon April 16 sentenced 38-year-old Ryan Foy Carter of Gulf Breeze to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation for one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving a death. According to State Attorney Bill Eddins office, Carter pleaded no contest to the charge Feb. 10, 2014.
A 16-year-old Navarre High School student was arrested April 17 for having a loaded gun at school. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Joshua Neal Patton was arrested around 10 a.m. and charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds, a third degree felony.
A man convicted of sexual abuse against three young girls when he and his family lived in Pace was sentenced to 330 years in prison. Donzell Kevin Nuckles, 40, was sentenced by Santa Rosa Circuit Judge John L. Miller, State Attorney Bill Eddins announced Tuesday.
The Florida Supreme Court April 10 in a unanimous decision upheld both the convictions and sentences imposed on 41-year-old Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. in connection with the 2009 home invasion and murder of Byrd and Melanie Billings in their Escambia County home.
