Crime Archive

The Milton Police Department announced Aug. 12 a second arrest in a November 2025 shooting death of a man at Lucille Johnson Park, saying forensic testing on two recovered firearms linked a suspect to the killing.

A Milton man is being held in the Santa Rosa County Jail on a Niceville police warrant charging him with indecent exposure after security cameras showed him removing his clothing, according to a news release from the Niceville Police Department.

Nine people were arrested during a four-day undercover operation targeting people accused of using the internet to solicit children for sexual activity, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A Santa Rosa County woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison on July 27 after pleading guilty to multiple charges related to stealing more than $1 million from a local electrical company.

A Santa Rosa County man was sentenced to five years in state prison for torturing a kitten to death in December 2025, according to a news release from the state attorney’s office.

A man who fled deputies serving felony warrants and swam into the Blackwater River was found dead July 22, according to a news release from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect current information.

The former nominee to be the Town of Jay’s next town manager was arrested after what the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says was one of multiple arrests in a sex offender compliance sweep.

A 17-year-old Milton teenager died after being ejected from a vehicle involved in a single-vehicle crash on Munson Highway on July 15.

A 30-year-old Pace man accused of stealing Smokey Bear signs from a series of state parks last year has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of theft of government property.

A Pace man has pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank fraud, one count of embezzlement of labor union funds and three counts of falsifying labor union reports, according to a July 1 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.