The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office last week announced it had recovered a vehicle used in several daytime burglaries on Jan. 14. Authorities believe the vehicle had also been used during other burglaries that had occurred in Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pace and Milton.
Votes were tallied last Tuesday and incumbent Charles Enghauser and Daryl Lynchard were elected Holley-Navarre Water System board members, receiving more than 90 percent of the votes.
Only seven votes separated Enghauser and Lynchard, but the difference between Lynchard and Ashley Strabala, the candidate who received the third highest vote total, was 459 votes.
Gulf Breeze City Council members have made a decision to oppose a bill that would reduce the impact of red light camera enforcement, a tool the city has used since 2006.
A mother and her two sons were displaced after a fire started in their Holley by the Sea home early Friday morning. Holley-Navarre Fire District responded to 1999 Bayou Drive just after midnight and firefighters were able to put the blaze out in about 30 minutes.
A 25-year-old woman who grew up in Pace has died due to complications from the H1N1 flu virus, making this the third such death to impact Santa Rosa County this year.
Another arrest has been made in connection to a firearm burglary that took place in Navarre Jan. 8, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
An attorney for the company which bought a problematic tax deed for county-owned property formerly operated as Sandy Bottoms retail store on Navarre Beach says a lawsuit will likely be filed over the matter.
Daytime home burglaries in Navarre have residents on alert, locking doors and watching for suspicious activity. To further increase safety, Clerk of Court and Comptroller Donald Spencer suggested county commissioners tighten security controls over Santa Rosa County’s permitting process for door-to-door solicitors. The board approved those changes at a public hearing Jan. 23.
In a competency hearing held Jan. 23, Brandon Aydelott was ordered to the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee to undergo a mental evaluation, which is expected to be complete within six months. Aydelott was found incompetent to stand trial in the Christmas Eve murder of his mom, Holley Navarre Middle School teacher Sharon Aydelott.
