Former Navarre High substitute sentenced for student relationship
January 8, 2025
A former Navarre High School substitute teacher will spend six years in prison for an inappropriate relationship with a student, which was initially disclosed in 2022.
John Kapolczynski, 48, was f…
Navarre man found guilty of murdering man on Salamanca Street in 2023
December 19, 2024
On Dec. 18, 2024, a Santa Rosa County jury found Aubrey Luker guilty of First-Degree Premeditated Murder. He was immediately sentenced to life without parole in Florida state prison system.
Report: Navarre’s Steve, Ann Hering victims of double murder suicide
November 13, 2024
The names of those involved in the double murder suicide on Cypress Point Circle have been released. Steve, 75, and Ann Hering, 82, were found dead in their home Tuesday, Nov. 5, along with their son…
‘Pill mill’ doctor amongst 12 charged for racketeering, drug trafficking
October 4, 2024
Dr. Elaine Sharp, the Gulf Breeze doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, was booked into Escambia County Jail Thursday, Oct. 3, and transferred to Santa Ro…
‘Pill mill’ doctor arrested in Escambia on homicide charges
October 3, 2024
Dr. Elaine Sharp, the doctor at the center of an alleged pill mill operation in Gulf Breeze, is behind bars. Sharp, 72, is being held in Escambia County Jail on no bond after she was booked into jail…
Man involved in biker brawl at Stripes Pub in 2021 found guilty
July 2, 2024
A member of a motorcycle club who attacked a Navarre man at Stripes Pub & Grill in 2021 has been found guilty of aggravated battery on a victim 65 years of age or older with great bodily harm and…
Hurlburt squadron commander arrested for strangulation of wife, child
June 26, 2024
A Hurlburt Field airman, who served as commander of the 19th Special Operations Squadron, was arrested on June 23 for allegedly choking his wife and a child.
Man arrested after fleeing scene from serious accident in Navarre
May 19, 2024
One patient was life flighted and additional patients were taken by ambulance to area hospitals. The accident occurred just past 5 p.m. and was the result of a speeding black pickup truck colliding w…
Navarre man arrested for sexually abusing minor
February 21, 2024
A Navarre man is behind bars after he allegedly sexually abused a girl over a period of several years.
Robert Jason Love, 51, of the 2600 block of Salamanca St., is charged with sexual battery on a…
Two life sentences for 2020 double homicide in Navarre
December 8, 2023
On December 5, 2023, Santa Rosa Circuit Court Judge Clifton Drake sentenced Courtney William Howell to two consecutive life sentences in prison in Florida’s Department of Corrections for two counts o…