Seven people, including four Navarre residents, have been arrested in connection to a prescription drug trafficking operation led by a Fort Walton Beach nurse. The Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force (DTF) has concluded a joint investigation with the Drug Enforcement Agency which led to multiple warrants.
Police shot and killed a large dog last Tuesday after a woman released the dog while officers were attempting to search a Navarre house for suspected drug trafficking. According to Santa Rosa Sheriffs Office Public Information Officer Richard Aloy, SRSO deputies along with agents from the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration attempted to serve an outstanding warrant at a home on Toledo Street in Navarre when the incident occurred.
A Navarre man was arrested in Pensacola on Monday after striking his girlfriend at the Queen Mary Inn on Davis Highway and holding her in a hotel room against her will.
Three Gulf Breeze residents were arrested June 27 after a search by the Santa Rosa County Narcotics Unit at their home on East Bay Boulevard revealed a meth lab, other illegal drugs and firearms.
Two arrests have been made involving a series of car burglaries that occurred in the Holley by the Sea area. According to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office report, officers spotted Nathan Gifford, 20, and his accomplice Michaela Read, 22, at 4 a.m. Monday in a white vehicle at the Tom Thumb located at Highway 98 and Coral Street, after receiving reports of a suspicious individual breaking into cars.
The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office was able to connect suspects arrested after robbing a Circle K store on Barrancas Avenue in Pensacola with two other Circle K robberies in the Milton area.
