Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office

A group of local teens ranging in age from 14 to 17, along with one adult, face felony charges in connection with vandalism inside a closed Destin movie theater in November 2017. The owners of Destin Cinema at 759 Harbor Boulevard says the damage exceeds $118,000. It...

KESAIAN ARREST REPORT A Panama City man faces multiple felony charges after using fake credit cards to withdraw cash from an ATM machine in Destin early this morning. 57-year old Gagik Kesaian is charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with grand theft,...

ARREST REPORTS An early morning traffic stop by an Okaloosa County Deputy on Mattie M Kelly Blvd. Saturday led to the arrests of three people and the seizure of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Upon identifying two back seat passengers, deputies determined 28...

COOPER ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies responding to complaints about lots of activity at a Destin hotel room found drugs in a bucket and a sock full of cash in the room. 56-year old Robert Cooper of Miami is charged with possession of cocaine with...

MYRES ARREST REPORT A tip to Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers Monday led to the arrest of a Fort Walton Beach woman on a charge of sexual battery by a custodian with a victim under the age of 18. 25-year old Lauren Myres admitted to having a sexual relationship with a...

ARREST REPORTS Calling it the largest seizure of heroin and fentanyl in Okaloosa County’s history, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office today outlined a ten month undercover investigation dubbed “Operation PayDirt” that led to fifteen arrests on charges ranging from...

MURPHY ARREST REPORT A Crestview area teenager today admitted to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators that he was involved in the murder of a 69-year old woman during a burglary at her home May 26th. 17-year old Jeremiah Murphy is now charged with felony...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after the body of a Crestview area woman was discovered in her detached garage during a welfare check last night. 69-year old Nancy Kirk Williams of 4189 Painter Branch Road was reported missing May 28th by her...

SACHSE ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office peacefully resolved a six hour stand-off with a barricaded suspect inside a Destin hotel early this morning. Deputies were called to the Home2 Suites on Emerald Coast Parkway around 5:30 a.m. in response to a...

John Paul Moore, Sr. to 420 Woodrow Street NE, Fort Walton Beach...