Local and State News

April 29, 2017 First NBC Bank, New Orleans, was closed on Friday by the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Whitney Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. No depositor is losing money as a result of this transaction. At the ...

April 28, 2017 On 4/27/17 at approximately 1:00 am, a deputy with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a black Mitsubishi for a speeding, 68 mph in a 45 mph zone, in Pace. During the traffic stop, the deputy identified Shianne Marie Stanislow as the driver. After checking Stanislow’s driver license and the vehicle’s tag, ...

April 28, 2017 The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a wooded lot off Panagra Lane near Crestview during the April 22nd/23rd  timeframe. Twenty-Nine year old Christopher Allen Dreading, no known address, is a 6’5” white male, weighing around 240 pounds. He has short ...

April 27, 2017 According to a Florida Highway Patrol News Release, On April 26, 2017 at approximately 1:40 AM, Jamie Kimbrell Huddleston of Bessemer, AL, was the sole occupant of a 2006 Honda Accord which was traveling South on State Road 81. As the Honda Accord approached Dead River Road it left the roadway while traveling around a left hand ...

April 26, 2017 On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2800 block of Augustus Rd in Navarre at approximately 9:40 am in reference to a 911 call of a burglary in progress. The caller stated there were two subjects in the residence. While Deputies were in route, both subjects fled the scene in ...

April 26, 2017 Walton County, Fla— A runaway teen is being sought by Walton County Sheriff’s Office after stealing a handgun, ammunition, and a car. Brett Tyler Robertson, 16, was last seen on Tuesday April 25th at 10 p.m. in a stolen 2008 orange Mitsubishi Eclipse with Florida tag #Y74MAV. Robertson also stole a debit card and a .22 caliber ...

April 26, 2017 A Crestview man is in critical condition after being stabbed in the buttocks outside Robert’s Mobile Home Park on East James Lee Boulevard. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested 42-year old Demone Blackman in connection with the stabbing, which took place around 10 p.m. Monday night. Blackman is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The ...

April 25, 2017 The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of nearly three-dozen high end racing and tri-athlete bicycles from a storage facility on Racetrack Road. The owners of Dragon Sports say on April 22nd they went to check on the inventory they had temporarily stored at 749 North Beak Parkway, however the bicycles, clothing, accessories and tools ...

April 21, 2017 According to a press release from the Office of State Attorney, charges will not be sought against Bryce Schroeder for stabbing Daniel Jebadiah Lee Bubanas to death on December 16, 2016 in Navarre, FL. Following a through investigation, it has been determined that Schroeder acted in self defense when Bubanas was killed. It has also been determined ...

April 21, 2017 DeFuniak Springs, Fla— A trio of Okaloosa County teenagers are behind bars after crashing a stolen car. A 911 call came in to Walton County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers at 4:06pm Friday evening regarding a white Toyota Prius involved in a crash on County Road 83 near County Road 192. The vehicle had left the roadway and hit ...