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.
Jul 9, 2025
Human trafficking conspiracy spanning Florida Panhandle, Southern Alabama dismantled
Last month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced the guilty verdicts of two people convicted of running a sex trafficking ring around the Florida Panhandle and Southern Alabama.
Jul 3, 2025
Attempted Milton drug deal goes awry
On July 2, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 7900 block of Kamie Court in Milton after reports of shots fired.
Jul 1, 2025
Pensacola man pleads guilty to multi-million dollar drug trafficking, money laundering crimes
Rayvaughn L. Andrews, 41, of Pensacola, Florida, pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and money laundering offenses. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Jun 24, 2025
Milton man arrested for kidnapping and battery by strangulation
On June 14 Milton resident Rickey Petitt was arrested on charges of False imprisonment and Battery.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for service on June 4 reporting an alleged kidnapping/false imprisonment that took place in their jurisdiction.