Holley-Navarre Fire Chief Retires After 40 Years
Holley-Navarre Fire Chief Retires After 40 Years
Chief Ron Norton has worked two decades for Holley-Navarre Fire District, including a dozen years serving as chief. Photo by John Starrett. Holley-Navarre Fire Chief Ron Norton during the December 20 Holley-Navarre Fire District Commissioners’ meeting announced his retirement effective the first week of 2023. Norton has been in firefighting for four decades, including 20 … read more
Former Escambia Sheriff’s Deputy Trainee Jailed for Fatally Shooting Husband
Former Escambia Sheriff’s Deputy Trainee Jailed for Fatally Shooting Husband
Chloe Davidson was booked January 1 into Santa Rosa County Jail According to police reports, Douglas “Doug” Davidson Jr was shot by his wife. Deputies found him in the kitchen with a gunshot wound and attempted to render aid until relieved by emergency medical service personnel. Time of death was pronounced at 1:56 a.m. A … read more
Navarre Man Jailed for Trespassing and Indecent Exposure
Navarre Man Jailed for Trespassing and Indecent Exposure
Alvah Brian Carlson Jr, 61, was booked December 29 into Santa Rosa County Jail for exposure of sexual organs and trespassing after a complainant provided police with a home surveillance video which showed a tattoed man masturbating in her back yard. The victim told police her Ring camera captured a man standing in her back … read more
Jeremiah Hamilton Jailed After Fentanyl Bust in Holley
Jeremiah Hamilton Jailed After Fentanyl Bust in Holley
Jeremiah Hamilton, 44, who was driving a truck in which more than 71 grams of Fentanyl was discovered, was booked December 26 into Santa Rosa County Jail. The arrests of Hamilton and Jeremy Brooks Dolan took place after Santa Rosa deputies made a Fentanyl drug bust on Big Oak Loop in Holley – just one … read more
Holley Man Booked for More than 71 Grams of Fentanyl
Holley Man Booked for More than 71 Grams of Fentanyl
The day after two people died from Fentanyl overdoses at Rebecca’s Hollow Mobile Home Park in Holley, a Holley man was jailed after Santa Rosa deputies discovered more than 71 grams of Fentanyl during a traffic stop To put the amount of Fentanyl deputies found into perspective, 2 milligrams is considered a lethal dose, so … read more
Founder of National Green Amendments Movement to Discuss Florida Effort for a Right to Clean Water
Founder of National Green Amendments Movement to Discuss Florida Effort for a Right to Clean Water
Maya K. van Rossum, author of The Green Amendment, The People’s Fight For a Clean, Safe & Healthy Environment will be touring Florida for two weeks to talk about her new book, the Green Amendment movement, and how Florida can benefit from securing a constitutional right to clean water as part of its state constitution. … read more
Suspect Turns Himself in After Multi-Hour, High-Speed Chase
Suspect Turns Himself in After Multi-Hour, High-Speed Chase
Grayson Zachary Eagan, 29, turned himself into Santa Rosa County Jail and was booked at 11:06 p.m., December 22 after leading police on a roughly 60-mile, multi-hour chase at speeds up to 180 mph earlier that day. “The speeds were incredible,” said Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson, calling Eagan and “idiot” and noting the … read more
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Earns Highest Accreditation Achievement in Florida
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Earns Highest Accreditation Achievement in Florida
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced it has received the Excelsior Award from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation and the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission. The Excelsior Recognition program is the highest level of achievement in Florida accreditation that an agency can receive. Excelsior Recognition is awarded to agencies which have … read more
Lights Bring More Than Christmas Cheer
Lights Bring More Than Christmas Cheer
Tom Petska has been lighting up his home with tens of thousands of Christmas lights since moving to Tiger Point six years ago, and he’s started using the effort to aid local charities. Last year the Petska’s collected donations for Gulf Coast Kids’ House. This year, Tom’s teamed up with the Ice Flyers, and Big … read more
Rebekah Jones Avoids Trial, Admits Guilt in Plea Deal with Prosecutors
Rebekah Jones Avoids Trial, Admits Guilt in Plea Deal with Prosecutors
Rebekah Jones, a former Florida Department of Health data scientist, on December 7 accepted a plea deal with prosecutors, meaning she will avoid a January 23 trial in Leon County on a felony count of offenses against users of (computers). According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, “Evidence retrieved from a search warrant (in … read more
