Woman charged with making false report to police
Woman charged with making false report to police
A Navarre woman was charged with knowingly giving false information to a law enforcement officer after she allegedly made up information in an attempt to get a woman she knew arrested for child abuse. Twenty-three-year-old Brittney Madden was arrested last Wednesday and charged with a Public Order Crime and also for making the false report. … read more
Report: Suspect admits to choking his girlfriend
Report: Suspect admits to choking his girlfriend
A 20-year-old Gulf Breeze man was charged with Battery (Domestic Battery by Strangulation) last Wednesday after he openly admitted to choking his own girlfriend during an argument she was having with his father. Upon conducting their investigation, the responding Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputy arrested Albert Warren Berry, and charged him with the third degree … read more
Report: Man breaks into home, falls asleep on couch
Report: Man breaks into home, falls asleep on couch
A Gulf Breeze man was arrested for Burglary and Criminal Mischief – Property Damage after he allegedly broke into a home in Gulf Breeze and fell asleep on the living room couch. The suspect, 19-year-old Kyle Bee, was arrested for the incident last Friday after he allegedly broke one of the windows to the home … read more
Man charged with allegedly threatening father with gun
Man charged with allegedly threatening father with gun
A Gulf Breeze man who was allegedly trying to defend his own mother was slapped with a felony and a separate misdemeanor charge last Sunday after he allegedly pointed a gun at his father during a heated argument. The suspect, 19-year-old Cameron Fields, of Laurel Drive was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault With a … read more
Navarre man charged with Battery on girlfriend
Navarre man charged with Battery on girlfriend
A Navarre man was put behind bars at Santa Rosa County Jail last Friday after he allegedly shoved his girlfriend into a wall, spit on her, and broke an urn of the victim’s which contained her mother’s ashes. The suspect, Jeremiah Ivanoff, 33, was arrested following the alleged assault and charged with misdemeanor Battery. According … read more
Departing Eglin commander discusses reopening Navarre Pass
Departing Eglin commander discusses reopening Navarre Pass
During a February 24 private guided tour of Eglin Air Force Base, Navarre Area Board of Realtors President Mark Miller and Executive Angela Campbell listen along with Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Tony Alexander as Brigadier General Christopher Azzano discusses how reopening Navarre Pass could impact local military operations. Before his impending move … read more
Commissioner Parker pushes free land for courthouse site
Commissioner Parker pushes free land for courthouse site
Santa Rosa County District 1 Commissioner Sam Parker wants to know if the public and his fellow commissioners will support building a new county courthouse on donated land in the Pea Ridge area. “I approached Edwin Henry about the possibility of him donating land to Santa Rosa County for a courthouse location. He has agreed … read more
Large military exercise underway
Large military exercise underway
The Department of Defense’s largest “irregular” annual warfare exercise, Emerald Warrior 17, is underway at Hurlburt Field. The two-week joint special operations exercise started yesterday and runs through March 10. The missions flown during the event focus on providing realistic air and ground pre-deployment combat training for special operations, including partner nation forces. This year’s … read more
Eglin AFB leader headed to Ohio
Eglin AFB leader headed to Ohio
Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Azzano, leader of the 96th aircraft test wing at Eglin Air Force Base will be heading to the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Although a change of command ceremony hasn’t been scheduled, it’s expected that his successor will be named soon. Azzano has … read more
Stormwater task force honored
Stormwater task force honored
After the April 2014 flood, which devastated communities across the south end of the county and in the City of Gulf Breeze, 12 members of the Gulf Breeze community stepped up to help make the City of Gulf Breeze less vulnerable to flooding. Soon after the rain deluge, which flooded several hundred homes in Gulf … read more