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Local man arrested for aggravated assault

May 22, 2014

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on Spruce Street in the Midway area May 14 after a 911 caller said a resident had fired a gun inside the dwelling and had threatened to shoot…

Fort Walton Beach couple faces animal cruelty charges

May 15, 2014

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Jessie Eugene Morris and 25-year-old Amber Leard-Morris of Fort Walton Beach May 9 after deputies responded to a complaint of a man beating a…

Okaloosa deputy arrested for sex with underage girl

May 15, 2014

An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) deputy was arrested May 8 for alleged sexual activity with minor, according to a news release from the office.

Navarre man caught during burglary attempt

May 15, 2014

A local man was arrested May 5 after attempting to break-in to a residence in the 2200 block of Lost Bottom Lane in Navarre. According to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report,

Juries convict local men for unrelated sex crimes

May 15, 2014

Santa Rosa County juries last week convicted two local men of child sex-related charges in separate cases. According to State Attorney William Eddins Office, 56-year-old Claude Russell Ratliff was fo…

Man sentenced to life in prison for killing infant

May 15, 2014

According to the state attorney’s office, a Fort Walton Beach man, 27-year-old Charles Lenear Colvin, Jr., was convicted May 7 of First Degree Murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possi…

Former state crime lab chemist arrested again

May 15, 2014

Inspectors with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) rearrested former FDLE Pensacola crime laboratory chemist Joseph Graves on additional charges of drug trafficking May 7.

Milton man crashes into warehouse, kills pedestrian

May 8, 2014

The driver in a fatal wreck in Pensacola Monday afternoon that left one dead has been identified as 51-year-old William B. Akins from Milton.

Santa Rosa jury convicts child sex offender

May 8, 2014

A jury in Santa Rosa County deliberated for about an hour May 1 before finding 44-year-old Lee Calvin Pardue of Pensacola guilty on 33 counts of child-sex related offenses.

Navarre man jailed for threatening neighbor

May 1, 2014

A Navarre man accused of making death threats against his neighbor and firing a gun into the neighbor’s home is scheduled for felony arraignment May 8. According to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Offi…