November 5, 2026
PRESS RELEASE
(Santa Rosa County, Florida), Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida announces that on November 4, 2026, Judge Clifton Drake sentenced Ashley Lynn Winslow to 25 years in state prison followed by 5 years of probation for Carjacking with a Weapon and Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm and with a Weapon.
The charges stem from an incident on June 28, 2023, when the Defendant got into the victim’s car with a knife, held the victim at knife point and forced her to drive. The Defendant told the victim that she was going to die, stabbed the victim multiple times on her head and body, pushed the victim out of the vehicle, and drove away in the victim’s car.
Law enforcement received a 911 call about a woman screaming for help and they responded to a ditch where the victim was found covered in blood and with numerous stab wounds about her body.
The investigation and arrest were conducted by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant State Attorney Julie Wells prosecuted the case. Any questions should be directed to the State Attorney’s Office at (850) 981-5500.
