Category: crime

Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office, (SRSO), reports a Pace man was arrested on homicide charges Tuesday morning. Reports said James Hunter Gates, 20, was at home with Cynthia Gates and the victim and consum…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …