Santa Rosa County criminal court sentencing outcomes

What happened in 279 criminal charges recorded in Santa Rosa County, 2018–2026. Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05.

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How criminal cases were sentenced in Santa Rosa County

All 36,943 charges on this page combined, 2018–2026.

Sentencing outcome distribution for Santa Rosa County
State prison		9.7%
County jail		32.9%
Adjudication withheld		14.7%
Diversion		8.9%
Sentence not recorded in the public data		33.8%

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Charges with published sentencing rates (120)

Charge	Records	Prison rate	vs Florida median
Prohibited actsFla. Stat. § 893.13	4,562	17.5%	−6.6
Driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualifiedFla. Stat. § 322.34	4,081	2.2%	+0.0
Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materialsFla. Stat. § 893.147	3,401	0.4%	+0.3
TheftFla. Stat. § 812.014	3,331	11.8%	−2.0
Drivers must be licensedFla. Stat. § 322.03	2,402	0.0%	+0.0
BatteryFla. Stat. § 784.03	2,030	1.8%	−1.4
Driving under the influenceFla. Stat. § 316.193	1,991	1.0%	−0.2
Resisting officer without violence to his or her personFla. Stat. § 843.02	1,444	0.1%	+0.1
Reckless drivingFla. Stat. § 316.192	778	0.0%	−0.1
Criminal mischiefFla. Stat. § 806.13	693	5.9%	−0.5
Registration requiredFla. Stat. § 320.02	616	0.0%	+0.0
Violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violenceFla. Stat. § 741.31	528	0.2%	−0.1
BurglaryFla. Stat. § 810.02	520	43.7%	−3.6
Trespass in structure or conveyanceFla. Stat. § 810.08	518	0.2%	+0.0
Attaching registration license plate not assigned unlawfulFla. Stat. § 320.261	422	0.0%	+0.0
Penalties and violationsFla. Stat. § 379.401	412	0.0%	+0.0
Crashes involving damage to vehicle or propertyFla. Stat. § 316.061	399	0.0%	+0.0
Trespass on property other than structure or conveyanceFla. Stat. § 810.09	391	2.6%	+2.1
Fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officerFla. Stat. § 316.1935	302	43.7%	−1.6
Assault or battery of law enforcement officers and other specified personnelFla. Stat. § 784.07	278	24.8%	−2.4
Felons and delinquentsFla. Stat. § 790.23	256	46.1%	−17.4
AssaultFla. Stat. § 784.011	249	0.0%	+0.0
Prohibition against giving false name or false identification by person arrested or lawfully detainedFla. Stat. § 901.36	243	0.8%	+0.3
License requiredFla. Stat. § 322.53	243	0.0%	+0.0
Domestic violenceFla. Stat. § 741.29	237	0.0%	+0.0
StalkingFla. Stat. § 784.048	223	7.2%	−9.4
Breach of the peaceFla. Stat. § 877.03	199	0.5%	+0.5
TraffickingFla. Stat. § 893.135	182	94.5%	+2.8
Aggravated assaultFla. Stat. § 784.021	166	38.6%	+2.4
Refusal to submit to testingFla. Stat. § 316.1939	155	0.0%	+0.0
ClassificationFla. Stat. § 322.54	151	0.0%	+0.0
Felony batteryFla. Stat. § 784.041	124	37.1%	+8.9
Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearmsFla. Stat. § 790.01	121	7.4%	−8.4
Tampering with or fabricating physical evidenceFla. Stat. § 918.13	117	27.4%	−3.8
Disorderly intoxicationFla. Stat. § 856.011	114	0.0%	+0.0
Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horseFla. Stat. § 843.01	113	30.1%	+3.3
County detention facilitiesFla. Stat. § 951.22	110	38.2%	+4.3
Possession of certain drugs without prescriptions unlawfulFla. Stat. § 499.03	107	0.0%	+0.0
Uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notesFla. Stat. § 831.09	103	23.3%	+0.0
Assault or battery on persons 65 years of age or olderFla. Stat. § 784.08	91	18.7%	−0.1
Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearmsFla. Stat. § 790.10	86	1.2%	+1.2
Loitering or prowlingFla. Stat. § 856.021	85	1.2%	+1.2
Dealing in stolen propertyFla. Stat. § 812.019	79	53.2%	+9.3
Permitting unauthorized operator to driveFla. Stat. § 322.36	69	0.0%	+0.0
Criminal use of personal identification informationFla. Stat. § 817.568	69	24.6%	−10.9
TheftFla. Stat. § 817.60	66	22.7%	+4.2
Fraudulent use of credit cardsFla. Stat. § 817.61	65	16.9%	−9.3
Cruelty to animalsFla. Stat. § 828.12	63	11.1%	+4.8
Affrays and riotsFla. Stat. § 870.01	61	0.0%	+0.0
NonresidentFla. Stat. § 322.031	60	0.0%	+0.0
Urine testing, fraudulent practicesFla. Stat. § 817.565	60	0.0%	+0.0
Tampering with or harassing a witness, victim, or informantFla. Stat. § 914.22	59	35.6%	+3.5
Aggravated batteryFla. Stat. § 784.045	58	50.0%	−3.5
Emergency communicationsFla. Stat. § 365.172	57	0.0%	+0.0
Culpable negligenceFla. Stat. § 784.05	55	0.0%	−1.5
False reports to law enforcement authoritiesFla. Stat. § 837.05	48	2.1%	+2.1
Giving worthless checks, drafts, and debit card ordersFla. Stat. § 832.05	48	25.0%	+15.6
Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkeyFla. Stat. § 379.404	48	0.0%	+0.0
Dangerous excessive speedingFla. Stat. § 316.1922	48	0.0%	+0.0
Expiration of registrationFla. Stat. § 320.07	47	0.0%	+0.0
Unauthorized possession of, and other unlawful acts in relation to, driver license or identification cardFla. Stat. § 322.212	46	13.0%	+0.0
Possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under age 21 prohibitedFla. Stat. § 562.111	45	0.0%	+0.0
Offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devicesFla. Stat. § 815.06	43	2.3%	−16.8
Retail and farm theftFla. Stat. § 812.015	43	18.6%	+12.3
ProhibitionsFla. Stat. § 489.127	42	9.5%	+7.5
Threats or harassmentFla. Stat. § 836.12	41	0.0%	+0.0
Nuisances injurious to health, penaltyFla. Stat. § 386.051	40	0.0%	+0.0
Uttering forged instrumentsFla. Stat. § 831.02	40	45.0%	+20.6
Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notesFla. Stat. § 831.07	37	8.1%	−0.5
Discharging firearm in public or on residential propertyFla. Stat. § 790.15	33	12.1%	+0.8
Introduction, removal, or possession of contrabandFla. Stat. § 944.47	33	54.5%	+16.0
License restrictionsFla. Stat. § 322.16	32	0.0%	+0.0
Duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or other propertyFla. Stat. § 316.063	32	0.0%	+0.0
Racing on highways, street takeovers, and stunt drivingFla. Stat. § 316.191	32	0.0%	+0.0
Selling, giving, or serving alcoholic beverages to person under age 21Fla. Stat. § 562.11	32	0.0%	+0.0
Florida Communications Fraud ActFla. Stat. § 817.034	31	12.9%	−8.8
Unlawful use of a two-way communications deviceFla. Stat. § 934.215	30	50.0%	+0.0
Florida Litter LawFla. Stat. § 403.413	29	0.0%	−2.5
RobberyFla. Stat. § 812.13	27	51.9%	−21.0
Violation of an injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalkingFla. Stat. § 784.0487	27	0.0%	+0.0
Obedience to and effect of traffic lawsFla. Stat. § 316.072	25	0.0%	+0.0
Confinement of animals without sufficient food, water, or exerciseFla. Stat. § 828.13	24	0.0%	+0.0
Possession of burglary toolsFla. Stat. § 810.06	24	75.0%	+27.1
Assault or battery by a person who is being detained in a prison, jail, or other detention facility upon visitor or other detaineeFla. Stat. § 784.082	24	66.7%	+17.2
Crash involving death or personal injuriesFla. Stat. § 316.027	23	47.8%	+16.6
FraudFla. Stat. § 414.39	23	0.0%	−0.7
Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not occupiedFla. Stat. § 790.19	23	56.5%	+1.6
Attempts, solicitation, and conspiracyFla. Stat. § 777.04	23	30.4%	−22.3
MurderFla. Stat. § 782.04	23	73.9%	−2.4
Use of a fraudulently obtained or false receiptFla. Stat. § 812.017	22	0.0%	+0.0
No operation under foreign license during suspension, revocation, or disqualification in this stateFla. Stat. § 322.30	20	0.0%	+0.0
Hiring, leasing, or obtaining personal property or equipment with the intent to defraudFla. Stat. § 812.155	20	0.0%	−5.9
False information to law enforcement during investigationFla. Stat. § 837.055	20	0.0%	+0.0
Derelict and migrant vesselsFla. Stat. § 823.11	20	0.0%	+0.0
Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving tobacco products to persons under 21 years of ageFla. Stat. § 569.101	20	0.0%	+0.0
Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weaponsFla. Stat. § 790.07	18	44.4%	+1.3
Driving while license permanently revokedFla. Stat. § 322.341	15	20.0%	+2.0
Tests of knowledge concerning specified vehiclesFla. Stat. § 322.57	15	0.0%	+0.0
Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorismFla. Stat. § 836.10	15	33.3%	+0.9
Trespass upon grounds or facilities of a schoolFla. Stat. § 810.097	14	0.0%	+0.0
Using firearm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substancesFla. Stat. § 790.151	14	0.0%	+0.0
Interference with custodyFla. Stat. § 787.03	14	21.4%	−6.2
Unlawful possession of the personal identification information of another personFla. Stat. § 817.5685	13	0.0%	−7.9
ArsonFla. Stat. § 806.01	13	30.8%	−22.1
Violation of condition of pretrial releaseFla. Stat. § 903.0471	13	0.0%	+0.0
Trespass and larceny with relation to utility fixturesFla. Stat. § 812.14	12	8.3%	+6.2
Nonnative and captive wildlife penaltiesFla. Stat. § 379.4015	12	0.0%	+0.0
When nonresident exemption not allowedFla. Stat. § 320.38	12	0.0%	+0.0
ForgeryFla. Stat. § 831.01	12	16.7%	+1.1
Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or draftsFla. Stat. § 831.08	12	33.3%	+1.8
Preventing or obstructing extinguishment of fireFla. Stat. § 806.10	11	27.3%	−22.0
Possession of firearm or ammunition prohibited when person is subject to an injunction against committing acts of domestic violence, stalking, or cyberstalkingFla. Stat. § 790.233	11	0.0%	+0.0
Penalties for violating protective injunction against violatorsFla. Stat. § 784.047	11	0.0%	+0.0
False reportsFla. Stat. § 316.067	11	0.0%	+0.0
Reckless or careless operation of vesselFla. Stat. § 327.33	11	0.0%	+0.0
Temporary tagsFla. Stat. § 320.131	11	0.0%	+0.0
Offenses involving vehicle identification numbers, applications, certificates, papersFla. Stat. § 319.33	10	30.0%	+11.1
Unlawful use of licenseFla. Stat. § 322.32	10	0.0%	+0.0
LicensesFla. Stat. § 379.361	10	0.0%
Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materialsFla. Stat. § 784.078	10	90.0%

Charges recorded but below the rate floor (159)

Fewer than 10 records, so we publish the count but not a sentencing rate. All 159 are listed and linked — the floor gates rates, never display.

Obtaining vehicles with intent to defraud, failing to return hired vehicle, or tampering with mileage device of hired vehicle 9 cases
Noncriminal traffic infractions 9 cases
Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent 9 cases
Tampering with an electronic monitoring device 9 cases
Medical use of marijuana 9 cases
Theft from persons 65 years of age or older 9 cases
Possession or use of weapon 9 cases
Boating under the influence 9 cases
Certificate of title required 8 cases
Possession of short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gun 8 cases
Offenses against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses 8 cases
Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving nicotine products to persons under 21 years of age 8 cases
Failure of defendant on bail to appear 7 cases
Offenses against intellectual property 7 cases
Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers 7 cases
Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibited 7 cases
Inhalation, ingestion, possession, sale, purchase, or transfer of harmful chemical substances 7 cases
Liveries 7 cases
Escapes 7 cases
Preservation of native flora of Florida 7 cases
Accessory after the fact 7 cases
Blue crab 6 cases
Credit or purchases 6 cases
Open house parties 6 cases
Open carrying of weapons 6 cases
Hull identification number required 6 cases
Police powers of commission and its agents 6 cases
Educational institutions or school boards 6 cases
Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult 6 cases
Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers 6 cases
Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited 5 cases
Counterfeiting license plates, validation stickers, mobile home stickers, cab cards, trip permits, or special temporary operational permits prohibited 5 cases
Prohibitions 5 cases
Disposal of bodies of dead animals 5 cases
Registration of convicted felons, exemptions 5 cases
Carjacking 5 cases
Prohibited activities 5 cases
Depriving officer of means of protection or communication 5 cases
Falsifying records 5 cases
DNA database 4 cases
False official statements 4 cases
Circulating any substitute for regular currency 4 cases
Threats 4 cases
Possession of shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers 4 cases
Financial responsibility for property damage 4 cases
Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult 4 cases
Breaking or injuring fences 4 cases
Return of license or registration to department 4 cases
State hemp program 4 cases
Robbery by sudden snatching 4 cases
Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited 4 cases
Obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud 4 cases
Taxes declared state funds 4 cases
Shellfish regulation 3 cases
Perjury when not in an official proceeding 3 cases
Corruption by threat against public servant 3 cases
Unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key 3 cases
Aiding escape 3 cases
Vehicular homicide 3 cases
Wearing mask, hood, or other device on property of another 3 cases
The Florida Pawnbroking Act 3 cases
Identification cards 3 cases
Prohibited activities and defense 3 cases
License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm 3 cases
Prohibited acts and practices 3 cases
Moneys received by contractors 3 cases
Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet 3 cases
False report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner 3 cases
False and fraudulent insurance claims 3 cases
Safe storage of firearms required 3 cases
Open burning authorized by the Florida Forest Service 3 cases
Administration 3 cases
Traffic in or possess counterfeit credit cards 3 cases
Damage to public lands 3 cases
Offenses involving forging or counterfeiting private labels 3 cases
Exemption of vessels and outboard motors from personal property tax 3 cases
Medicinal drugs 2 cases
Exhibition or sale of wildlife 2 cases
Violations of conditional release, control release, or conditional medical release or addiction-recovery supervision 2 cases
Installation or use of tracking devices or tracking applications 2 cases
Obstruction by disguised person 2 cases
Security required 2 cases
Disposing of lighted substances, etc 2 cases
Receipt of money, etc., obtained by fraudulent use of credit cards 2 cases
Nuisances 2 cases
Florida Money Laundering Act 2 cases
Place where controlled substances are illegally kept, sold, or used declared a public nuisance 2 cases
Unlawful possession of listed chemical 2 cases
Recordkeeping requirements 2 cases
Violations and penalties 2 cases
Enforcement 2 cases
Coin-operated vending machines and parking meters 2 cases
Unlawful sale, possession, or transporting of alligators or alligator skins 2 cases
Injuring or removing tomb or monument 2 cases
Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers 2 cases
Collisions, accidents, and casualties 2 cases
Reporting lost or abandoned property 2 cases
Bribery 2 cases
Obtaining property by false personation 2 cases
Theft of copper or other nonferrous metals 2 cases
Burning to defraud the insurer 2 cases
Vessel registration, application, certificate, number, decal, duplicate certificate 2 cases
Assault or battery on specified officials or employees 2 cases
Interference with railroad track and other equipment prohibited 2 cases
Approaching a first responder with specified intent after a warning 2 cases
Intentional or reckless burning of lands 2 cases
Battery by strangulation 1 case
Disturbing school functions 1 case
Wearing mask while committing offense 1 case
Attack or bite by dangerous dog 1 case
Recognition of foreign protection orders 1 case
Prohibited use of self-defense weapon or device against law enforcement officer 1 case
Sale and delivery of firearms 1 case
Prohibited acts 1 case
Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony 1 case
Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony 1 case
Planting of “hoax bomb” prohibited 1 case
Penalty 1 case
Risk protection orders 1 case
Sale by the package only 1 case
Arson resulting in injury to another 1 case
Prohibited acts 1 case
Impairing or impeding telephone or power to a dwelling 1 case
Refusal of admission and ejection of undesirable guests 1 case
Violations and penalties 1 case
Unlicensed practice of a health care profession 1 case
Duty to report 1 case
Home-invasion robbery 1 case
Tattooing prohibited 1 case
Matters within jurisdiction of Department of State 1 case
Personal property 1 case
False reports of commission of crimes 1 case
Obtaining groceries, retail poultry, dairy, bakery, and other retail products 1 case
Criminal penalties 1 case
Use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder to defraud 1 case
Possession and transfer of credit-card-making equipment 1 case
Powers of commission law enforcement officers 1 case
Noncultured shellfish harvesting 1 case
Transfer without delivery of certificate 1 case
Counterfeiting a payment instrument 1 case
Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances 1 case
Stopping payment with intent to defraud 1 case
Noncriminal infractions 1 case
Perjury in official proceedings 1 case
Penalties 1 case
Penalties 1 case
Catalytic Converter Antitheft Act 1 case
Obstructing county and settlement roads 1 case
Making false affidavit perjury 1 case
Disturbing schools and religious and other assemblies 1 case
Unlawful entry on property 1 case
Motor vehicle dealers 1 case
Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates 1 case
Transfer of title 1 case
Penalties 1 case
Vehicular traffic on coastal beaches 1 case
Coastal construction and excavation 1 case
Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code 1 case
Use of notary commission 1 case

How Santa Rosa County compares

Sorted alphabetically, Santa Rosa County highlighted.

Place	Charges recorded	Prison rate
Alachua County	38,858	22.7%
Baker County	4,943	17.4%
Bay County	96,478	13.7%
Bradford County	5,763	30.6%
Broward County	84,301	8.6%
Calhoun County	3,153	18.7%
Charlotte County	32,105	12.1%
Citrus County	31,380	19.4%
Clay County	28,449	11.0%
Collier County	41,300	9.4%
Columbia County	14,157	12.9%
Desoto County	10,926	19.3%
Dixie County	3,205	25.5%
Duval County	206,660	9.7%
Escambia County	128,327	3.7%
Flagler County	1,728	13.3%
Franklin County	3,869	8.5%
Gadsden County	1,491	0.0%
Gilchrist County	2,361	14.9%
Glades County	2,315	8.3%
Gulf County	3,013	19.1%
Hamilton County	2,702	18.4%
Hardee County	6,193	11.4%
Hendry County	12,149	8.3%
Hernando County	33,138	16.4%
Highlands County	19,572	13.3%
Hillsborough County	319,568	12.8%
Holmes County	6,110	16.9%
Indian River County	32,140	10.7%
Jackson County	7,725	19.0%
Jefferson County	3,238	12.2%
Lafayette County	1,157	7.5%
Lake County	32,308	8.9%
Lee County	72,249	8.8%
Leon County	49,236	11.5%
Levy County	6,513	13.6%
Liberty County	1,913	11.7%
Madison County	2,926	8.8%
Manatee County	65,870	10.5%
Marion County	76,525	17.1%
Martin County	33,253	16.8%
Miami-Dade County	173,303	20.7%
Monroe County	21,565	7.0%
Nassau County	13,982	10.4%
Okaloosa County	52,032	4.7%
Okeechobee County	13,850	14.5%
Orange County	118,572	6.7%
Osceola County	31,877	9.1%
Palm Beach County	269,709	6.2%
Pasco County	102,312	15.0%
Pinellas County	206,330	12.2%
Polk County	116,317	8.1%
Putnam County	20,323	20.5%
Santa Rosa County	36,943	9.7%
Sarasota County	83,332	10.7%
Seminole County	62,532	9.7%
St. Johns County	44,265	10.0%
St. Lucie County	36,365	21.0%
Sumter County	24,588	14.4%
Suwannee County	6,056	20.1%
Taylor County	3,766	12.1%
Union County	1,981	28.6%
Volusia County	179,557	15.0%
Wakulla County	4,926	12.9%
Walton County	17,500	9.3%
Washington County	5,201	13.6%

Where this sentencing data comes from

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. Sentencing rates are published only where a charge has at least 10 records in Santa Rosa County; below that we publish the count alone. Percentages are weighted by case count, and are shares of all charges recorded — not of convictions.

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