Navarre woman, 32, killed in hit and run
November 27, 2014
A 32-year-old woman was killed early Sunday morning in a hit and run accident on Panhandle Trail.
ATM robbery
November 27, 2014
Shortly after midnight Nov. 24, Santa Rosa County deputies nabbed four burglary suspects at the Eglin Federal Credit Union, located at 8540 Navarre Parkway. Officers and SWAT team members responded t…
Day care owner facing first-degree murder
November 20, 2014
Thelma Denise Lowery, the Milton day care owner accused in the death of 16-month-old Brodie Michael Kent, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge on Nov. 4.
No bond for day care owner facing homicide charge in toddler’s death
November 6, 2014
Judge Robert Hilliard Oct. 31 denied bond for an East Milton day care owner accused of shaking a 16-month-old boy.
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.









