Sheriffs shut down two Milton meth labs
November 6, 2014
A search of a Milton home located on Hamilton Bridge Road produced over 100 grams of methamphetamine oil as well as 1 gram of “finished product” according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office pres…
Milton day care owner facing felony child abuse charge
October 30, 2014
A woman caring for a 15-month-old in her home day care was charged with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony, after the toddler ended up in the Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola with trauma…
4 juvenile Texas runaways arrested at beach after crashing stolen car
October 23, 2014
Four juvenile female runaways from Texas were arrested by Santa Rosa County deputies Sunday morning after crashing a stolen car on Navarre Beach Causeway. There were no injuries. The oldest runaway w…
Teen facing DUI manslaughter charge
October 23, 2014
Keanu Medina, the 19-year-old Navarre man who police said crashed his Chevrolet Tahoe into a Jeep Liberty, killing the driver, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of DUI manslaughter.
State charges Gulf Breeze woman with insurance fraud
October 23, 2014
The Florida Department of Financial Services arrested a 46-year-old Gulf Breeze woman Oct. 12 on charges of insurance fraud.
Thompson arraigned in double homicide
October 16, 2014
Derrick Ray Thompson, 42, of the 5700 block of Star Lane in Panama City, was arraigned Monday in the murders of 60-year-old Steven Zackowski and 59-year-old Debra Zackowski of Milton.
Woman facing felony charge after deputies respond to shooting
October 16, 2014
A 63-year-old Milton woman is facing a felony charge after deputies said she shot a victim in the head in connection with a domestic dispute.
Child sex offender sentenced to life behind bars
October 16, 2014
First Judicial Circuit Judge John Miller has sentenced 35-year-old John David Thomas Jr., of Alvin, Texas, to serve the remainder of his natural life in prison for the molestation of an 8-year-old Gu…
Navarre meth lab shut down
October 16, 2014
When officers searched a Hillview Court home in early October, they found a grocery list and a related recipe. But the list wasn’t for Saturday errands, and the recipe wasn’t for apple pie. Instead…
Child molester gets to 3 life sentences
September 18, 2014
70-year-old Paul Frank Small, Jr. has been found guilty by a Santa Rosa County jury of two counts of sexual battery upon a child less than 12 years of age, lewd or lascivious molestation and lewd or…







