(January 24, 2023) – The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested Deputy David Daniels today on a felony lewd and lascivious charge.
Yesterday, 1/23/2023, we were informed that a report of misconduct had been made against Daniels to the Department of Children and Families. Immediately after receiving the report, our Major Crimes detectives began to investigate the reported incident. Due to the nature of the claim and Daniels’ position as a School Resource Officer at High Road School of Santa Rosa, he was immediately removed from his position at the school and replaced with another Deputy. The information reported states that an incident occurred in January 2016. Due to this information, and other details of our investigation, we have no reason to believe that any misconduct occurred while Daniels was on duty or school premises. We are asking anyone with a concern regarding Daniels to please contact Lt. Sample in charge of our School Resource Division.
Daniels was placed on administrative leave and was ultimately released from his employment with the Sheriff’s Office upon his arrest.
“Unfortunately, today we had to arrest one of our own. This is another case of an individual that has tarnished the badge. Once we were made aware of it, we responded appropriately, arrested him, and terminated his employment. At the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, we put our citizens first and any deputy who breaks the law will be immediately held accountable.” -Sheriff Bob Johnson.
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Navarre Newspaper reminds our readers that David Daniels is presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.
