State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that in an unanimous opinion the Florida Supreme Court has upheld both the convictions and sentences imposed on Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. Gonzalez was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and one count of home invasion robbery with a firearm and received corresponding sentences on those charges […]
Monday afternoon at approximately 2:30, Century units responded to a burglary in progress in the 7000 block of Hadley Lane. According to the victim, two black males kicked in a back door and then fled through the woods. After receiving a description of the two suspects deputies observed one of the possible suspects. The other […]
Investigators from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office received a report regarding an open house party. This party took place on March 1 of this year. During the course of the investigation, several facts were uncovered and two arrests were made. Bryant Nichols Watson (17 years of age) was at this party. During the course […]
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that Terry Lee Hays was sentenced on April 1, 2014 by Judge Kelvin Wells to the Department of Corrections to serve 5 years. Mr. Hays had previously been found guilty on February 13, 2014 by a Walton County jury of Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm or a Deadly […]
Pensacola, Fla. – Sheldon Cleavon Salter, 28, of Pensacola has been charged with 1 count of culpable negligence in the death of his 2 year old son on March 1, 2014. Salter left a loaded firearm within the reach of the child, making it capable of inflicting the injury that subsequently resulted in his death. […]
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Antoine Banks for First Degree Premeditated Murder with a Weapon in the death of his wife, Alexis Banks. Banks shot his wife in the head in their home. Several days after the shooting, Banks was arrested in Biloxi, Mississippi. He will be […]
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is working together with the Division of State Fire Marshal’s Office regarding an arson investigation. We need your help. On 10-5-2013, the victim dialed 911 at 2:55 AM regarding the fire of two vehicles which were inside a wooden carport at the home. Both vehicles were reported as […]
Marcus Ferrell Toler has been charged with Aggravated Battery on an elderly person in the death of Ben Stallworth, 76. At 11:45 Tuesday night, March 4, 2014, deputies responded to a disturbance in the 1700 block of Lakeview. The 76 year old victim was sitting on the couch with obvious injuries. EMS arrived and the […]
On 2/13/14, Billy Chad Gibson was arrested by Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Deputies. Gibson was the focal point of an investigation conducted by Major Crimes Detectives involving sexual related crimes. Gibson was charged with 10 counts of Capitol Sex Battery on a child less than 12 years of age which had occurred between 2012 and […]
On 1/25/14, (Suspect) Kevin Augustus Padgett (6/20/1980) decided to take a jeep for a test drive from Milton Chevy. What happened after landed him in jail Witnesses stated Padgett arrived at the Milton Chevy and selected to test drive a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The vehicle was brought up to the front of the building […]
