According to a report issued by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Office of the State Attorney, John Mitchell Tomlinson, of Navarre, has been charged with five counts of sexual battery on a child under 12, a capital felony.
Tomlinson, 46, a Lieutenant with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested on March 9 and charged with 120 counts of sexual battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 18.
Earlier this week Tomlinson was transferred from the Santa Rosa County Jail to the Walton County Jail.
Bond has been set at $500,000.
For more on this story, check out the March 11 edition edition of the Navarre Press.