NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
May 5, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420

TWO MORE ARRESTS IN NICEVILLE HOME INVASION ROBBERY

Adrian Miller Alex Porter

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two Niceville teenagers in connection with a home invasion robbery on December 18, 2007.

18-year old Adrian Ezekiel Miller of 3 Eula Drive in Niceville, and 19-year old Alex Julian Porter of 118 Friar Tuck Drive in Niceville, are both charged with burglary to an occupied dwelling and aggravated battery.

A third suspect, 19-year old Jamal Wesley James was taken into custody on December 21^st, 2007 after being released from a Pensacola hospital. He had been shot by the homeowner, 64-year old Harold Crown, after he and Crown struggled over a gun during the robbery at Crown’s home. James is still awaiting trial on charges of burglary with assault and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm.

Sheriff’s Office Investigator Ralph Garrett says Miller told a witness the trio, who had dressed in black hooded sweat shirts and ski masks, went to Crown’s home looking for prescription drugs.

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