Aug 18, 2014
Renfro gets 45 years in state prison
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced Wednesday, Circuit Judge John Simon sentenced Ramon Wade Renfro, 40, Pace to 15 years in state prison for lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious molesta…
Aug 15, 2014
Cross burning in Milton
At 11:15 Thursday night, Milton Police Department was dispatched to Applegate Road in reference to a cross burning in a resident’s front yard. Milton Fire Department was on scene awaiting word to ext…
Aug 14, 2014
Con artists strike Gulf Power customers again
Gulf Power customers in the tri-county area have reported new cases of credit card fraud. Gulf Power is asking its customers to beware of people impersonating utility company employees. The scenario …
Aug 14, 2014
Milton man charged with battery and kidnapping
A Milton man was arrested Sunday night when Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s (SRSO) deputies were dispatched to a physical disturbance. Milton Police Department and SRSO were at the scene, according to re…
Aug 14, 2014
Santa Rosa Correctional Institution’s K-9 Team rescues missing child
When a two-year old child went missing from her family’s home in Northwest Florida, the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution’s K-9 team sprang into action to quickly find the little girl and return he…
Aug 11, 2014
MPD: Milton man charged with battery of grandmother
Milton Police Department was dispatched to a disturbance complaint Monday regarding yelling and threatening an elderly woman. Clayton Webb Mapoles, 49, was arrested for threatening and pushing his gr…
Aug 11, 2014
SRSO: Milton man arrested for public order crimes, larceny
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office charged Jonathan Scott Qualls, 26, of Milton, with public order crimes, larceny, fraud-swindle, and dealing in stolen property. According to reports, a Gulf Bre…
Aug 11, 2014
FHP: Accident leaves 1 fatality, 2 year old in critical condition
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Tuesday, an accident between a Ford Mustang and a Mack truck resulted in a fatality. Reports said Alexis Penton was driving the Mustang north on State Road 87…
Aug 11, 2014
Milton men charged in ’98 cold case
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is charging two suspects, Michael McCombs and Steven Kimmons, both of Milton, in the 1998 homicide of Jewel Summerlin Melvin. Charges include first degree murder …
Aug 11, 2014
SRSO: Navarre man arrested for battery, evidence tampering
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office (SRSO) reports responding to an incident of a family disturbance Monday in Navarre. Eric Daniel Spradlin, 37, was in the midst of an argument on the back porch of the resi…