Tusa booked into Santa Rosa County Jail
Tusa booked into Santa Rosa County Jail
The suspect who led a Nov. 2 high speed chase, which ended with a head-on Collision on East Bay Boulevard, has finally been booked into Santa Rosa County Jail. Mark Anthony Tusa, 48, led Florida Highway Patrolmen and Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase through East Milton in a stolen truck. The suspect crashed the truck … read more
Traffanstead remains jailed despite $400K bond
Traffanstead remains jailed despite $400K bond
Christopher “Jason” Traffanstead, 39, of the 2500 block of Abbie Elizabeth Court in Gulf Breeze, made his first court appearance yesterday via video from Santa Rosa County Jail. Although bond was set at $400,000 for three current felony charges related to a child sex abuse case, Traffanstead will remain in jail for violating probation related to an October 2015 charge. Current charges against Traffanstead … read more
State allocation could greatly reduce MSBU
State allocation could greatly reduce MSBU
Navarre Beach residents could see their share of the beach renourishment bill “significantly reduced” thanks to $5.6 million provided for the project from the Legislature. The renourishment project is expected to cost about $17.4 million. Before the recent allocation, about $4.9 million of that was already set to be covered by federal and state money, … read more
Cops search for Gulf Breeze suspect in child sodomy case
Cops search for Gulf Breeze suspect in child sodomy case
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a Gulf Breeze resident who has serious child abuse charges pending against him after a male juvenile told police the man repeatedly sexually abused him at the suspect’s home. Suspect Christopher Jason Traffanstead, 39, with a last known address in the 2500 block of Abbie Elizabeth Court, … read more
Vandals strike Senior Center
Vandals strike Senior Center
The Holley-Navarre Senior Center was struck by vandals who busted up picnic tables and damaged a shuffleboard court area. “It is too bad that people in our community would do damage to the Senior’s property,” said Margaret Russell, who handles publicity for the nonprofit organization. According to Russell, the center does not receive any operating … read more
Turtle Power
Turtle Power
A Navarre resident has finished up some last minute touches on her first major public piece of artwork that will sit outside of the Florida Welcome Center in Escambia County over the next year. The piece of art will greet tens of thousands of visitors at the entrance to the welcome center starting on May … read more
Rate hike OK’d
Rate hike OK’d
The majority of the Holley-Navarre Water System board of directors approved a 17.5-percent rate increase for customers starting May 1. Bien May, board president, said the action was recommended by the organization’s engineering staff and will equate to a roughly $12 per month increase for the average customer who uses sewer service and consumes 7,000 … read more
City wants new SR399 overpass
City wants new SR399 overpass
Despite the Florida Department of Transportation’s willingness to make repairs to the SR399 overpass in Gulf Breeze Proper, the City of Gulf Breeze wants to send a proposal to the local Transportation Planning Organization (FL-AL TPO) asking the group to consider a request for a PD&E Study on the overpass and to put that request … read more
Father, son duo arrested for theft
Father, son duo arrested for theft
A Navarre man and his father who have a history of arrests for theft were slapped with Dealing in Stolen Property charges after they allegedly stole a generator valued at $700 and sold it to a Navarre Pawn Shop back in December. According to the report, Marvin Darby, 20, and his father Marvan Darby, 53, … read more
Man arrested for battery at Gulf Breeze Zoo
Man arrested for battery at Gulf Breeze Zoo
A Gulf Breeze man who claimed his fiancé cheated on him and went down to her workplace to confront her about it was slapped with Battery charges on Tuesday after he allegedly pushed the woman to the ground. The suspect, Joseph Herrin, Jr., was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail following the incident and charged … read more
