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Please use the SHARE buttons to forward this news TWO WALTON COUNTY MEN CONVICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING Posted on August 23, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 19, 2022 United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Florida PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – A federal jury in Pensacola has convicted Kenneth Ingram, 62, and Kadeem Ingram, 32, both of DeFuniak Springs, Florida for the offenses of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Kadeem Ingram was also convicted of distribution of cocaine or cocaine base which occurred on two occasions in July 2019. The guilty verdict returned on August 17, 2022, at the conclusion of a three-day trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Evidence introduced during the trial revealed that the Ingrams conspired with others to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. In 2019, the Ingrams took monthly trips to South Florida to procure large quantities of cocaine. The cocaine purchased, which was, in part, converted to cocaine base, was then distributed by Kadeem Ingram and a co-conspirator. A months-long investigation culminated in law enforcement seizing approximately 1.5 kilograms of cocaine from a vehicle the Ingrams possessed on July 13, 2019. The Ingrams are scheduled to be sentenced before United States District Court Judge M. Casey Rodgers on... Read More

Please use the SHARE buttons to forward this news TWO ARRESTED, INVESTIGATION ONGOING INTO INCIDENT ON MADGE LANE IN SANTA ROSA BEACH Posted on August 22, 2022 August 22, 2022 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— Two men have been arrested following an incident on Madge Lane in Santa Rosa Beach early Sunday morning. In the early morning hours of August 21st, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office responded to Madge Lane to a report of a fight where multiple people were injured. When deputies first got on the scene, they located Juan Diego Perez Castillo, 20, punching a window in the back of the house. When deputies attempted to detain him, Castillo fled. He was later found hiding in a red shed. Castillo refused to comply with multiple commands, was tased, and eventually taken into custody. While searching the area for Castillo, deputies located Roberto Rivera-Loza, 29, who had injuries consistent with a fight. He was heavily intoxicated and refused to walk to the patrol car or cooperate with deputies. When he began to resist, Loza was tased and taken into custody. Later, deputies learned one of the people involved in the fight had fled to a residence on East Harborview Road. Once they arrived, they found an individual with a stab wound to the abdomen. He was transported to a local hospital. An additional individual who was hit in the head was later transported to a local hospital, treated, and released. Rivera-Loza is charged with affray, obstruction, and disorderly intoxication causing a... Read More