Maintain public safety and defend victims by enforcing the law with respect for individuals’ rights.
– Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney
United in a spirit of teamwork with law enforcement agencies and community partners, we at the State Attorney’s Office of the First Judicial Circuit, are committed to treating all parties in the criminal justice system with dignity and respect, while pursuing fair and impartial punishment and accountability for those guilty of crimes.
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November 21, 2025 PRESS RELEASE (Escambia County, Florida) On November 21, 2025, Darryl Jerome Walker, Sr., was sentenced to life in prison by Circuit Judge
November 19, 2025 PRESS RELEASE ESCAMBIA COUNTY – Ginger Bowden Madden announces that a Grand Jury returned an Indictment today against John Henry Walston, Jr.,
November 19, 2025 PRESS RELEASE PENSACOLA, Fla. – Christian Ketchup was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday morning for the murder of a 25-year-old woman outside
November 18, 2025 PRESS RELEASE OKALOOSA COUNTY: On November 5th, 2025, an Okaloosa County jury found Malik Humphries guilty of Trafficking in Fentanyl (28 grams
November 12, 2025 PRESS RELEASE (Santa Rosa County, Florida) On November 07, 2025, Jeffrey Leon Holley was found guilty of Kidnapping and sentenced to life
November 7, 2025 PRESS RELEASE: On November 6, 2025, a Santa Rosa County jury found Ja’Cobey James guilty of Second Degree Murder with a Firearm.
November 5, 2025 PRESS RELEASE (Escambia County, Florida) On October 31, 2025, Circuit Court Judge Amy Brodersen sentenced Jacobia Ladraina Newberry to twenty-five years in
November 5, 2025 PRESS RELEASE On November 5, 2025, Escambia Circuit Judge John Miller sentenced Davarius James to life in prison for the murder of