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Woman charged with making false report to police

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • 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

    Posted on March 2, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • 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

    Posted on March 2, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • 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

    Posted on March 2, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • 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

    Posted on March 2, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • 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

  • Gulf Breeze Police stay busy with car burglaries

    Posted on February 24, 2017 by From Staff Reports

  • Gulf Breeze Police stay busy with car burglaries

      This past week, the Gulf Breeze Police Department stayed busy responding to vehicle burglaries and thefts in the City of Gulf Breeze. Tuesday, Feb. 14 At the 400 block of Fairpoint Drive, there was a report of a verbal disturbance. No one was arrested. Wednesday, Feb. 15 At Fairpoint Place, there were two reported … read more

  • GB Substitute teacher charged with molesting students still behind bars

    Posted on February 24, 2017 by From Staff Reports

  • GB Substitute teacher charged with molesting students still behind bars

    The Gulf Breeze man who was charged with molesting several Gulf Breeze Elementary School students is still sitting behind bars at Santa Rosa County Jail with a $1 million bond. Sixty-six-year-old Richard Mack was arrested back on February 2 and charged with three counts of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation on a Victim Under the Age … read more

  • Local State Attorney moving forward with prosecution of Rice

    Posted on February 24, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • Local State Attorney moving forward with prosecution of Rice

    On Tuesday, State Attorney Bill Eddins announced his intentions for his office to move forward on the prosecution of Mary Rice for the death of Kayla Crocker which occurred in Escambia County. Rice is currently incarcerated in Santa Rosa County Jail on a charge of Accessory after the Fact to First Degree Murder. Rice was … read more

  • Sheriff’s Office switching up handguns

    Posted on February 24, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • Sheriff’s Office switching up handguns

    The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is trading in their outdated firearms for an updated gun currently used by the FBI that could save the agency money over time. The department has already ordered 240 new 9mm Glocks, which cost the department almost $30,000. The agency plans to trade in their old .40-caliber Glocks to … read more

  • Officers to be recognized by Trauma Intervention Program

    Posted on February 24, 2017 by Mat Pellegrino

  • Officers to be recognized by Trauma Intervention Program

    Two Gulf Breeze Police officers will be recognized by the Trauma Intervention Program of Northwest Florida at an upcoming gala for their professionalism and use of compassion while on scene of traumatic events. Sgt. Kerstan Tatro and Officer Tai Nguyen were nominated by TIP volunteers for the honor based on their compassion on scene of … read more