Man faces 50 years for sex crimes
July 17, 2014
A Santa Rosa County man was convicted July 10 of having sex with several teenage girls after giving them alcohol to get them drunk during a weekend camping trip to Chumuckla in February 2013.
Navarre man faces battery charge
July 3, 2014
A Navarre man remains in the Santa Rosa County Jail on charges stemming from an alleged June 16 incident altercation in which he had to be forcibly detained by a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputy. A…
Gulf Breeze man convicted of sexual battery
July 3, 2014
A 43-year-old Gulf Breeze man was convicted June 26 on charges of kidnapping and sexual battery relating to an incident on Pensacola Beach. State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that Bret Randall May…
Stalking suspect scheduled in court
June 19, 2014
A Navarre man charged with aggravated stalking for allegedly threatening his neighbor is scheduled to appear in court today. Judge John Simon will preside at the motion hearing for 49-year-old Jeffre…
Former bus driver sentenced for child-sex crimes
June 19, 2014
Convicted sex offender and former Santa Rosa County school bus driver Lee Calvin Pardue was sentenced Monday to three consecutive life sentences plus 200 years in prison.
Man accused of beating infant
June 12, 2014
A Milton man is charged with aggravated child abuse, a first degree felony, and is being held without bond for allegedly beating a six-month-old child. The victim is currently in intensive care. The…
2 allegedly assault animal control officer
June 12, 2014
One adult and one juvenile are charged with aggravated assault for allegedly attacking a Santa Rosa County Animal Control Officer Saturday in Pace.
Shooting suspect held on $1.05 million bond
June 12, 2014
The Navarre man accused of shooting a woman and himself in a Hartington Road home during the early morning hours of June 6 is being held in the Santa Rosa County Jail on more than$1 million bond.
Trial date set in animal cruelty case
June 5, 2014
A Fort Walton Beach couple accused of beating a dog with a piece of lumber are now scheduled for trial July 28 in Okaloosa County on two felony counts.
Man found guilty of 2002 shooting
June 5, 2014
A jury in Okaloosa County found Phillip Lamar Merriell guilty May 30 of five felony charges stemming from a December 2002 shooting in Fort Walton Beach.












