Oct 7, 2025
Santa Rosa Schools Safety Director arrested for battery
A Santa Rosa County District Schools employee was arrested for battery after he allegedly rubbed another employee’s shoulder against her will.
Daniel Hahn, 59, was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail Tuesday, Oct. 7, around noon.
Oct 7, 2025
Mexican national sentenced to federal prison for stealing identity of U.S. citizen
Alfredo Mendoza Montero, 45, of Mexico, was sentenced to two years and one day in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of passport fraud, false impersonation of a citizen, and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Sep 22, 2025
Larceny case against former Santa Rosa County educator still ongoing
The legal case against Kelly Short, the former educator and administrator who resigned from Santa Rosa County District Schools following an investigation into alleged mishandling and stealing of district funds, remains ongoing.
Sep 4, 2025
Chartwell employee arrested for indecent exposure, Sheriff looking into other allegations
An employee with a food vendor serving Santa Rosa students has been arrested on indecent exposure.
Aug 20, 2025
Army reservist sentenced to 35 years in prison
On August 18 Judge Clifton Drake sentenced Army reservist William Mo to 35 years in state prison, followed by a lifetime of Sex-Offender Probation.
Aug 14, 2025
Quick Stop employee arrested for selling minors a vape
A Milton area convenience store clerk went from behind the cash register to behind bars after he sold a vape to a minor.
Md Islam, 38, is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Aug 5, 2025
Former Corrections employee arrested for homicide after Pinto Ave. shooting
A 47-year-old Milton man was arrested for the shooting death of a 41 year old woman at a residence in the Milton area Friday evening, Aug. 1.
Curtis Marvin Johnson, 47, is charged with homicide. In his arrest report, the charge is de-scribed as “murder dangerous depraved without premeditation.”
Jul 30, 2025
Pace man indicted for allegedly causing 2022 overdose death
Jimmy Forrest Robinson III was indicted July 29 for First Degree Murder by Illegal Distribution of Controlled Substances by State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden’s Office.
Jul 21, 2025
El Patron restaurant owner faces federal fraud, money laundering charges
The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Northwest Florida and Alabama has been ar-rested on a slew of charges related to the mishandling of COVID-19 era federal loans.
Cesar Campos-Reyes, 52, is charged with four counts of bank fraud, four counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama, the charges stem from an alleged scheme involving federal program fraud.
Jul 11, 2025
Pace man arrested for homicide in fentanyl-related 2023 death
A Pace man was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail Wednesday, July 9, for his involvement in a drug-related death.
Jimmy Robinson, 28, is charged with homicide. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation across multiple years found Robinson responsible for the overdose death of a person in 2023.