December 08, 2016 State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that on December 6, 2016, a Santa Rosa County Jury found Monica Nicole-Gonzalez Jones, 37 years of age, guilty of Trafficking in Heroin, Trafficking in Methamphetamine and Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell. On October 8, 2015, Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Narcotic’s Unit and SWAT team executed a search ...
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December 08 2016 The Florida Highway Patrol has charged nineteen year-old Chase James Paul Locke of Laurel Hill with DUI Negligent Manslaughter for the October 16th accident that took the life of Benny Lee Howell. Locke was operating a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado that was traveling West on Steele Mill Creek Road approximately .4 miles west of CR 393. At approximately ...
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December 05, 2016 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 32 senior executives from the 19th Senior Leadership Program at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The group includes Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Captain Jay Jones and Lt. Mark Raiche. Graduates represent criminal justice agencies from across the state. Participants met for seven weeks ...
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December 04, 2016 An early Saturday morning single vehicle traffic crash North of Westville, FL on County Road 185 at the intersection of Coursey Road took the life of a 19 year-old Westville man and left a 21 year-old DeFuniak Springs man in critical condition. According to a Florida Highway Patrol news release, Joseph Johnson, of Westville, was traveling northbound ...
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December 04, 2016 A fatal single vehicle crash claimed the life of a Rose City, Texas man late Saturday night. According to a Florida Highway Patrol news release, 44 year old Delbert Ray Morgan was traveling southbound on State Road 85. Morgan, for unknown reasons, left the roadway in his 2002 Chevrolet Blazer approximately 7/10 of a mile north of ...
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December 03, 2016 William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida, announced yesterday that an Okaloosa County Grand Jury has indicted Jordan Christopher Reeves for First Degree Murder in the death of Timothy Stocker, Jr. In the early morning hours of August 9, 2015 both Reeves & Stocker were in the parking lot of the Green Frog ...
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December 01, 2016 DeFuniak Springs, Fla— A local veterinarian aids in the donation of $30,000 in diagnostic equipment to the Walton County Animal Shelter. Doctor Blackwood, owner of Walton County Animal Clinic, has served the county’s animal shelter for over five years by providing assistance with blood testing and sterilization surgeries. During that time Dr. Blackwood realized the shelter needed ...
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December 01, 2016 A 10 year old Fort Walton Beach girl is in serious condition after being struck by a vehicle while trying to cross the road in rush hour traffic. According to a Florida Highway Patrol news release, Kyre Bolton was attempting to cross Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard during rush hour traffic without a crosswalk present. Paul Fassnacht ...
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November 23, 2016 A Florala, AL woman is in critical condition after a she was involved in a two vehicle accident on State Road 85 Elisha Ann Phillips Thames of Florala, Alabama was driving a maroon 2011 Honda Accord southbound on SR 85 and had stopped in the driveway of 2010 SR 85. Carol Ann Robbins and her three passengers ...
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November 23, 2016 A 16 year old Dothan teenager was the victim of a fatal car wreck on Sunday, November 20th. According to a Florida Highway Patrol news release, Robert Zachery Spears of Dothan, AL was traveling southbound on State Road 79 in a white Nissan Altima when he left the roadway and collided with a tree. At first FHP ...
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