State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announced Monday that on Oct. 20, Dean Bruno Lainhart was convicted by a jury in Santa Rosa County of two counts of capital sexual battery upon a person less than 12 by a person over the age of 18, sexual battery while in a position of familial or custodial authority and lewd and lascivious molestation on a person older than 12 but younger than 16.
An undercover officer who went into four local massage parlors was offered more than a just a massage at all of them, according to Santa Rosa Sheriff Bob Johnson.
DEP is operating a bottled water distribution station to aid residents impacted by the previously issued boil water notice by the Midway Water System. This notice covered the area between 4115 Soundside Drive and 5012 Soundside Drive, including Nature’s Cove and The Waters subdivisions and adjacent streets.
There is an “ongoing investigation” by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit at Navarre Oriental Massage, located at 8239 Navarre Parkway, across from the Publix shopping center.
During the Oct. 12 Board of County Commissioners meeting, citizens of Westmont Road in Milton objected to an extension being added to the eastern side of the road, even though the variance they asked the commissioners to disallow was approved 20 days prior.
On Oct. 18, 2021, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was notified by Midway Water System in Santa Rosa County that a private contractor plumbed a cross-connection from a residential sewage line to a municipal potable water line. In an abundance of caution, residents should utilize an alternative water supply, such as bottled water for potable use until testing confirms the water meets all drinking water standards.
U.S. 98 lane shifts and temporary overnight road closure near Hurlburt Field pedestrian bridge in Okaloosa County will take place Saturday, Oct. 23 as crews remove the bridge for repairs.
