Category: crime

UPDATE: 

In June of 2015, Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Norman McKoy Self, 29, of Milton for battery, false imprisonment, and obstructing justice. By October of this year, judges d…

Santa Rosa sheriff's arrests

MILTON — The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office provided these felony arrest reports for Nov. 19-21.
Defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Joseph Anthony Coker , 46, Sa…

GULF BREEZE — A homeless man accused of double homicide is held without bond at the Santa Rosa County jail.
An unknown resident reported a man trespassing on abandoned commercial property near High…

MILTON — The Milton Police Department has identified the victim of an early Sunday morning shooting.
Thomas L. Buckhalter, 34, was shot in the road on the 5000 block of Martin Luther King Drive, ac…

MILTON — At approximately 1:06 a.m. Sunday, the Milton Police Department responded to a shooting on the 5000 block of Martin Luther King Drive.

The victim was found and transported to a local medi…

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MILTON — Second Chance Outreach Re-Entry an…

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office provided these felony arrest reports for Nov. 16-18.
Defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Carl Wayne Abbott , 35, Milton, moving…

MILTON — The Santa Rosa County medical examiner has identified human remains discovered Oct. 28 near exit 26 off Interstate 10.
They belong to Steven Mitchell Swiney, 47, of Bagdad. 
Swiney went …

MILTON — The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has received its fourth re-accreditation, Sheriff Wendell Hall said.
“Accreditation is a highly recognized and desired status for a law enforcement a…