Crime | Navarre Press

Navarre woman arrested for child sexual assault

May 2, 2019

A Navarre woman is in jail with bond set at $1 million for allegedly sexually assaulting a child on video.

Narcotics Unit makes drug bust in Milton

May 2, 2019

Narcotics officers with Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office recovered heroin, meth and oxycodone during a search April 23 of a home on Cherub Circle in Milton.

Fake handyman arrested for sexual assault

April 11, 2019

Santa Rosa Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Milton man Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in her home after pretending to be a handyman.

Man pleads guilty to producing child porn

April 11, 2019

Michael Lee DePine, 62, of Pensacola, pleaded guilty April 5 to the production and possession of child pornography.

United Way acting chairman arrested for theft from nonprofit

March 28, 2019

United Way of Santa Rosa County’s acting chairman was arrested Monday night for allegedly stealing from the nonprofit.

Gulf Breeze man arrested for 35 counts of child porn

March 21, 2019

A Gulf Breeze man has been charged with 35 felony counts of possession of child pornography.

Ex-deputy charged with child molesting

March 21, 2019

A former sergeant with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Friday on child molestation charges.

Foster parent arrested for child pornography

March 14, 2019

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agents took a Fort Walton foster parent into custody March 7 for having alleged videos of child pornography on his computer.

Child hospitalized in Milton abuse case

March 14, 2019

Santa Rosa sheriff’s deputies arrested Milton resident Benjamin Donahue, 29, March 1 after a 9-year-old was hospitalized after being beaten with a bamboo stick.

Fight at Navarre party leads to battery arrest

March 14, 2019

A Navarre man is facing felony battery charges for allegedly choking and beating a man during a party on Calle De Castelar. Cody Bijarro, 22, was arrested March 3.