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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…

Fla. woman charged in romantic scam of man, 82

April 24, 2014

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) – A South Florida woman is facing felony charges after allegedly using a romantic getaway as a pretense to scam an elderly man out of thousands of dollars.

Woman sentenced for having sex with minor

April 24, 2014

A 36-year-old woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by 15 years of sex offender probation for having sex with a 14-year-old boy in Navarre in 2013. Santa Rosa Circuit Judge John Simon se…

Local woman sentenced for animal cruelty

April 24, 2014

A local woman, 41-year-old Toni Phelps, was sentenced April 16 to 12 months behind bars and 10 years probation for crimes resulting in the death of three dogs and three cats in her Navarre home in 2…

Burglar sentenced to 20 years

April 24, 2014

Santa Rosa Circuit Court Judge John L. Miller April 15 sentenced 29-year-old Devon Deshane Washington of Milton to 20 years in prison from charges stemming from a June 2013 burglary.

Man sentenced in fatal Highway 98 hit and run

April 24, 2014

Circuit Judge John Simon April 16 sentenced 38-year-old Ryan Foy Carter of Gulf Breeze to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation for one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving…

Student arrested for taking gun to school

April 24, 2014

A 16-year-old Navarre High School student was arrested April 17 for having a loaded gun at school. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Joshua Neal Patton was arrested around 10 a.m…